That’s about it.  You would have to drill the other piece to fit a larger
bolt and there might not be enough metal.

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 9:52 PM David Knecht via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> I have seen mention of helicoils several times on this list but I have no
> experience with them.  I have several stripped screws on my Harken furler
> and was thinking they might be useful to repair.  What is unclear to me
> from what I have read is the reason to use them.  I still have threads
> there, and I thought the idea was to screw in a helicoil to make the
> threads grab again.  However, every description I have seen of using them
> drills out the hole, taps and then screws in a helicoil.  I don’t get the
> point.  If I am going to drill and tap, why would I use a helicoil instead
> of just putting a screw into the newly tapped hole?  Is it that you can use
> the same size screw as before instead of going to a larger size?  Is that
> preferable for some reason?  Dave
>
> David Knecht
> S/V Aries
> 1990 C&C 34+
> New London, CT
>
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