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[Chew]

Hi everyone, just wondering what the best way would be to ensure as little swarf remains in the gearbox after installing a helicoil with the engine in situ. I don't really have the opportunity to take the engine out yet and the repair to the sump thread is needed asap.

 

Cheers.

[mini13]

Grease the drill bit and tap before use so the bits will stick to it, also you can dump a bit of deseil/petrol/parafin through to wash through the last bit. As its ally any odd little bit will be pretty soft so wont cause an issue

[Steve220]

As above. I repaired a mate's gearbox and ran some oil through after, seemed to get a load out.  Boroscoped after and couldn't find any.

[TheFabMini]

Is the helicoil being used on the sump plug thread??

When I did mine I flushed it out with about 1l of thin 0w30 oil I had laying about.
Also I had a magnetic stick thing I shoved in the sump hole and prodded about which picked up some extra bits

[alex-95]

I would get the vacuum cleaner out and suck it out.

Is the helicoil being used on the sump plug thread??

When I did mine I flushed it out with about 1l of thin 0w30 oil I had laying about.
Also I had a magnetic stick thing I shoved in the sump hole and prodded about which picked up some extra bits

You got an aluminium magnet?