Threads pulled out. Tap and die will result in a hole to big for the
threaded hardware.

There a deviced that can be screwed in that takes the diameter back to
original size, and it's steel, not aluminum.

John
On Feb 17, 2015 1:20 PM, <hhoffman@ip-solutions.net> wrote:

> Tap and die set.
>
> Cheers,
> Harry
>
> On 2/17/15 2:17 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
> > OK! Stroke Brain at work here. What the devil is the deviced called that
> > can be put in place to restore a badly damaged thread. Can't remember for
> > the life of me.
> >
> > Hole in alternator frame for belt tensioning device is stripped and it
> > won't hold, Alternator works fine, just the hole in the aluminum is gone.
> > Need to drill it out and put some of steel in there.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
> >
>