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available from a lot of sources . If you do an internet search using just the word “ helicoil ” you ’ ll find a lot of vendors and info includ- |
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ing videos to learn more about the product , the methods on how to use them and where to buy them . By the way , HeliCoil is part of Stanley and they define the helicoil as follows : “ A threaded insert , also known as a threaded bushing , is a fastener
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element that is inserted into an object to add a threaded hole . They may be used to repair a stripped threaded hole , provide a durable threaded hole in a soft material , place a thread on a material too thin to accept it , mold or cast threads into a work piece thereby eliminating a machining operation , or simplify changeover from unified to metric threads or vice versa ,” and there ya
Figure 13 go ! Going to keep this short again due to all the photos . I hope you learned a few things and thanks for reading this and thanks again to Jeff , Pat , and Ken .
See ya ! l FON
George Lanthier is the owner of Firedragon Academy . His website can be found at www . FiredragonEnt . com which includes a link to Firedragon Academy ’ s Facebook page . in East Falmouth , Massachusetts , will guide us through that process with his job photos , thanks Ken . In Figure 9 and Figure 10 we outline the steps involved . Figure 9 shows the following steps : A . On arrival before anything has been done . B . The old plate has been removed and only about half the studs made it .
C . All of the studs have been removed and the tankless mount ( boss ) has been cleaned .
D . All of the holes are tapped out to receive the new helicoils , Figure 11 .
E . The helicoil is placed onto the insertion tool and , F . Inserted into the boiler . In Figure 10 we continue and finish . G . The new studs , Figure 12 , are inserted and tightened into the helicoil . H . Shows the inserted stud and helicoil . I . All of the studs and helicoils are installed . J . The finished job . When first starting to work with helicoils you can buy a starter set , Figure 13 , and the coils do come in a lot of sizes and are
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