[Nick JacksonMember]

I’d love to Mike , it’s been on my bucket list for years !! How are you getting their ?

Nick

[Nick JacksonMember]

Here’s a method for larger bolts with a bit of thread left !

http://youtu.be/bSOg7aQ44eg

Nick

[Nick JacksonMember]

Any tips on drilling out a broken easy out ??

Nick

[Nick JacksonMember]

Using an Easy out

http://youtu.be/zf_B8u7mdes

Nick

[Nick JacksonMember]

Trailboss wrote:

Nickj wrote:

Heli coil kit

About $120 for this kit ( does multiple threads )

Don’t want to sound difficult but that isn’t a genuine helicoil kit and some from experience the cheaper kits are crap, the coils break and you end up in my trouble than you started in. The threads break, arent made from stainless, the tags snap before the thread is seated. The genuine kits are more expensive

Just saying

TB

Great point TB , I was just searching for a picture example and this came up , good to know their are some cheaper sub standard copies out there !!

Nick

[Nick JacksonMember]

Heli coil kit

About $120 for this kit ( does multiple threads )

[Nick JacksonMember]

Time sert kit

About $150 for this kit ( does one size only)

[Nick JacksonMember]

Installing a Helicoil

http://youtu.be/RFYa6sjhh_E

Nick

[Nick JacksonMember]

Teknik wrote:

I cant write on here what i think of easy outs. It will be censored! I may invent some new four letter words. Try running a workshop and having 25 years of mechanics/apprentices/fathers/friends/neighbours bringing you a part with a snapped off easy out in it and asking you to pull it out.
I got very good at it, Diamond hard disintegrations help for drilling out drills and easy outs.
My disaster solving days got so much easier when i discovered Time Serts, Left handed drills, nut serts and Big serts!

Can you explain a bit more about Time certs Nick ??

Nick

[Nick JacksonMember]

LC4skin wrote:

A good tradesman never blames his tools.

Dead right LC , I’m blaming myself for buying crap tools

Nick

[Nick JacksonMember]

Murph the surf wrote:

Damn unlucky breaking the ezi out, Nick.
Would of been nice to do it all in house.
From memory ezi outs are a hardened steel and not real easy to remove once broken off flush.
Cheers
Murph

Fortunately my drills are better quality than my ezi out kit ( now in the bin ) Murph , as a tradie I always bang on about using quality tools to get a quality job then buy shit gear and pay the price !!!

Nick

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mike wrote:

Finally got some internet :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

I’v missed a few months on here and get back to find Nick’s gone big bore 😆 well done mate, looks like a nice buy,I will be able to take you to some real hills up here in October and not that “little one” pig hill :unsure:

Look forward to catching up

:laugh: :laugh: I hope your joking Mike !!!! :blink: :laugh:

Nick

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And one of the new lightweight batteries , it looks like a good thing … Weighs next to nothing , has a test button on top to check charge, has a 12 month charge holding shelf life , charges from 10% to full in 6 minutes and can stay on the standard trickle charger ( not really needed though )

[Nick JacksonMember]

Got some practical bling too !!!

[Nick JacksonMember]

Trailboss wrote:

Good post Nick and good video, remember to never seize all bolts into alloy and use a tension wrench as well

Thanks for sharing Champ

Nickj wrote:

helicoils 60% stronger thread than the original.

Nick

In Alloy yeah good information :laugh:

TB

I read the info on a few mechanical threads and you confirmed it so it must be true
I wonder why bolts like valve cover bolts that are removed constantly for maintenance aren’t fitted with helicoils or similar from new ??

Nick

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