Hilicoil ate aluminum thread! Need help.

[Konstantin Bogach]

12 mm is too big - will make too thin wall in the bracket and I don't have a
drill press.  Unbelievable but all local industial suppliers I called do not
have stepped studs.

Konstantin Bogach.

Kneale Brownson wrote:

> 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?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >Konstantin Bogach.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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