Hilicoil ate aluminum thread! Need help.

[Kneale Brownson]

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Could you drill/tap for, say, a 12 mm bolt and then cut that off after it's
been glued in with LockTite and drill and tap the center of the 12 mm to
take the 6mm?


At 12:41 PM 01/10/2002 -0500, Konstantin Bogach wrote:

>I'd like to make another attempt to repair the thread.  If failed I will
>have no other choice.  The problem that I can not find anywhere stepped
>studs or double threaded sleeves.
>By the way,  Bentley's torque spec for 6mm allen bolt holding turbo oil
>supply line is 25 nm.  It is right? No mistake there?
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>Thanks.
>Konstantin Bogach.
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> >
> > You may be better off replacing the whole oil filter
> > bracket piece.  I bet you could get one for pretty
> > cheep form a pull n save lot, or a lister?
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