Doorhandle needed!

[mike]

--- joel nevin <joelnevin at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> Go to you local hardware store and ask them for a
> Helicoil set you will need to get the next bolt size
> up from the original stripped one. 
> What you do is drill out the old stripped threads,
> re-tap the new hole and screw in a Helicoil, which
> is basically a spring, then you have new hole(larger
> size) with threads!!

the whole (or should that be hole?) point of helicoils
is that you end up with the same size thread as you
started with

> > so he gave it
> > a real good twist
> > with a 1/4" ratchet wrench and the correct
> > cross-head bit. Of course it
> > came loose, but the problem now is that the little
> > screw was a left
> > thread! 

not sure if you can get the with left hand
threads...but equally unsure if the door handle
_needs_ a left hand thread

hth

mike
 



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