Re: Broken stud extractor; now what?

[Jon Moritz <jmoritz@mail.med.und.nodak.edu>]

Gary G. Erickson lamented:

>[snippage]............ while he spouted all sorts of curses and general
>disgust for the Heli-coil brand, he showed me a set of "Time-serts."
>
>According to him they're stronger, and will _not_ back out unlike
>problems he's had with Heli-coils.
>

I have never heard of "Time-serts", neither has any of my local parts
houses (of course that's not saying much up here).  

I haven't had a problem with helicoils....  *smack* oh maybe *that's* the
reason the manifold fell off at 110mph.....just kidding =)

See also "Save-a-thread" kits.  $34.95 at my local parts chain.

>Is anybody familar with these or where they could be located?  I tried
>asking about them when I went for the reverse drill bit at lunch, but
>they didn't even understand "Heli-coil" until I explained the concept to
>them.

duh... is it the coffee out there or what?  The PNW must not restore much.

[snip]

>TIA!

you're welcome

>-- 
>Gary G. Erickson         Secretary -- NW Quattro Club
> 503-702-5789           mailto:erickson@teleport.com
>   http://www.teleport.com/~erickson/pnwaudi.htm
>
Jon Moritz

'92  100 81k mi
In the Audi wasteland of NW Minn/ NE Nodak