I prefer Time-Serts, but a helicoil will work.

Cheers, 

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of John Rodgers
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 11:29 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Stripped threads

That's it! Helicoil!

Thanks!

John
On Feb 17, 2015 1:22 PM, "Mike Miller" <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:

> Helicoil?
>
>
> On Feb 17, 2015, at 11:17 AM, 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
>
>