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Subject:Re: Stripped threads in cylinder head, to fix?, now?, how?
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:08:24 -0500
At 02:57 PM 1/10/2001, Mladen, Zoran wrote:
>Why are you recommending going to 12 mm from 8mm.  I'd go to 10mm...
>
>Z

The tap as well as the drill have to be precisely the right one for the
size of insert.  He was opining (guessing?) that 12x1.25 is the right tap
size, but the way to know is to check the specs on the insert
package.  They must be followed *exactly* or the job will fail.

david

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