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kowalski

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need help on redline stem(threads fooked)
« on: February 08, 2008, 02:22 PM »
i have got a forklifter stem, which all 4 holes have basically lost their threads and one hole has a bolt snapped down into the hole,
now can i either re drill the holes deeper and have it tapped or redrill them wider and use slightly bigger bolts,
OR BETTER STILL CAN ANYONE ON HERE FIX IT FOR A FEE, OR SUGGEST ANYWHERE IN SURREY THAT COULD  :daumenhoch:
it would be a shame to bin it as it will polish up a1

 

jackel

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Re: need help on redline stem(threads fooked)
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2008, 02:24 PM »
might be worth looking at helicoils there like a spring you insert and make new threads work great on alloy heads on cars etc so dont see why they wont sort out treads in a stem :)

kowalski

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Re: need help on redline stem(threads fooked)
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2008, 02:46 PM »
ok i have looked into helicoil kits, now the bolt size is m6, do i therefore need an m6 helicoil kit please advise those in the know, sounds dumb but surely the holes now need to be drilled out bigger to place in the coils????
« Last Edit: February 08, 2008, 04:28 PM by kowalski »

kowalski

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Re: need help on redline stem(threads fooked)
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2008, 06:51 PM »
cheers kang and jackal im gonna give it a go, results to follow .....i hope  :-[

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Re: need help on redline stem(threads fooked)
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2008, 07:06 PM »
try ebay you can always find heli coil kits on there,they should work fine as long as you have enough room to enlarge the holes ;)
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