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Date:         Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:26:03 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stripped threads
Comments: To: Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@ip-solutions.net>
In-Reply-To:  <54E39467.5080501@ip-solutions.net>
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Threads pulled out. Tap and die will result in a hole to big for the threaded hardware.

There a deviced that can be screwed in that takes the diameter back to original size, and it's steel, not aluminum.

John On Feb 17, 2015 1:20 PM, <hhoffman@ip-solutions.net> wrote:

> Tap and die set. > > Cheers, > Harry > > On 2/17/15 2:17 PM, John Rodgers wrote: > > OK! Stroke Brain at work here. What the devil is the deviced called that > > can be put in place to restore a badly damaged thread. Can't remember for > > the life of me. > > > > Hole in alternator frame for belt tensioning device is stripped and it > > won't hold, Alternator works fine, just the hole in the aluminum is gone. > > Need to drill it out and put some of steel in there. > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > >


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