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Title: Helicoil kits / ease of use
Post by: andy120t on June 13, 2011, 01:23:57 PM

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Title: Re: Helicoil kits / ease of use
Post by: UK Pete on June 13, 2011, 01:54:37 PM

I have used helicoil insert kits on several bikes and they work a treat, like you say if you can get access to the area then mask everything off and also have a vacume cleaner ready to suck up the swarf and bits
There are other brands of insert which i think i remember Bryanj mentioning which are supposed to be even better than the helicoil
I bought a cheap kit on ebay which had everthing i needed to do the job
Pete

Title: Re: Helicoil kits / ease of use
Post by: Bryanj on June 14, 2011, 06:40:55 AM

I bought a silverline (I think) kit for 6mm off ebay and it had everything needed, worked great and decent quality---about

Title: Re: Helicoil kits / ease of use
Post by: ST1100 on June 14, 2011, 08:05:37 AM

Depending how much material is remaining, but I'm sworn on Time-Sert http://www.timesert.com/ (http://www.timesert.com/)

Title: Re: Helicoil kits / ease of use
Post by: andy120t on June 14, 2011, 11:37:50 AM

My concern is just the drilling - clearly the hole I drill needs to be straight / square otherwise the insert will be wonky....so it's just a case of having a steady hand and a steady eye whilst drilling?

Title: Re: Helicoil kits / ease of use
Post by: ST1100 on July 29, 2012, 07:14:12 PM

Quote from: andy120t on June 14, 2011, 11:37:50 AM

..so it's just a case of having a steady hand and a steady eye whilst drilling?

Mentioned TimeSert kits do come with special drillbits with a guidance shaft on the tip...
Quite fancy but pricey too...  ???