oh! heli-coil?

On 2/17/15 2:26 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>     >
>