Helicoil 5521-4: 1/4-20 Inch Coarse Thread Repair Kit - Fixes Threads with Precision Review

Purchased to repair the muffler boltholes on my 5.5hp Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine. This is my first time using a helicoil kit and it was very easy. I've mowed a few times since the patch and it's holding up great. Glad I found this instead of tying up my mower at the store for who knows how much money. Took about 30 minutes to fix 2 bolt holes on the mower, no need to pull the motor, access to the mower deck was a huge time saver. As a second measure, I used Loctite red high temp high…

You can't go wrong with HeilCoil for replacing stripped threads. If you care about the weather, you need the HeliCoil faucet in this kit. Yes! You have to buy a special faucet from them. This is a very unique thread size for HeliCoil. A standard drill bit size is used for drilling. For this kit 17/64 bit. It is recommended to use some Loctite or thread sealant when inserting the HeilCoil. I got this to fix a blown muffler bolt hole on my lawnmower's exhaust manifold. I had to use it on my grill

Five Passes for Simplicity and Results I stripped a clamp thread in the stern of a small boat, hard to tell what it was until I did an "operation". I found it to be about 3/8 inch thick, probably steel, and worth threading, so I bit the bullet. First tries to weld JB to do the carving: *bzzzt* FAILNext stop, Helicoil. Truth. Drill fast. Threading it was a bit risky, I've NEVER threaded thread before, and it was hard to twist at first, then very easy, like it was torn off (instead of being)…