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Subject:Re: noise SOLVED. Now need to Heli-Coil?
From:pickle vanagon
Date:Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:45:14 -0400

You've won a pair of convex vanagon side mirrors (for pickup only!!) in new
jersey.

But yeah, I can get a new bolt in, it just doesn't grab on.  Seems to me
like I'm going to have to add material somehow...

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com>wrote:

> --snip--
> Robert Fisher was right.
> --snip--
>
> Cool; what'd I win? : )
>
> --snip--
> one of the four tranny mount bolt holes has stripped out threads.  Is a
> heli-coil the answer here?
> --snip--
>
> You don't think there's enough left to just chase the threads with a tap?
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>