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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- Joel
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