
5/8 Unc Helicoil Kit
#1
Posted 30 October 2024 - 09:47 PM
#2
Posted 30 October 2024 - 11:14 PM
A lot of the stuff from the far east has gone up by a considerable margin in the last year or so, the days of cheap tat seems to be over, its now expensive tat. To be honest the kit I bought is actually good quality and was a bargain for the price.
Shooter
#3
Posted 30 October 2024 - 11:40 PM
Edited by Gaz66, 30 October 2024 - 11:41 PM.
#4
Posted 31 October 2024 - 04:23 PM
Why is this size nearly three times the price of the other sizes, even other UNC sizes.
What are you helicoiling ?
#5
Posted 31 October 2024 - 05:46 PM
That is unless anyone on here has knocked a batch of the drilled/tapped bolt adapters up yet 😁
Edited by Gaz66, 31 October 2024 - 05:48 PM.
#6
Posted 31 October 2024 - 06:08 PM
Sump plug
That is unless anyone on here has knocked a batch of the drilled/tapped bolt adapters up yet
I'm working on it, just waiting for the steel to arrive.
Shooter
#7
Posted 31 October 2024 - 07:02 PM
Put me down for a couple Shooter.
I'm working on it, just waiting for the steel to arrive.Sump plug
That is unless anyone on here has knocked a batch of the drilled/tapped bolt adapters up yet
Shooter
Cost dependent obviously 😁
#8
Posted 31 October 2024 - 07:25 PM
I have a 3/4" countersink bit, with a 1/2" shank, with which I open out the damaged thread, and then tap it 1/2" BSP and use plenty of PTFE tape on a 1/2" plug.
I first did it, with the engine hanging in the car, by torch light, in the rain on a Friday night before a Monday Christmas day when a Mutual friend asked if there was any way I could help a family get home to Ireland.
I've done it several times since, but with the gearbox under a pillar drill, in the warm.
#9
Posted 01 November 2024 - 08:43 AM
I find when using an M20 bolt with the 5/8 UNC sump plug that the differnce between the thread sizes doesn't leave much material between them.
Also the magnet of the standard 5/8" plug doesn't always stick out that far.
My take on it was to use a M14x1.5 x 24mm magnetic plug.
#10
Posted 01 November 2024 - 09:25 AM
That looks a better solution. Did you make the adapter?I find when using an M20 bolt with the 5/8 UNC sump plug that the differnce between the thread sizes doesn't leave much material between them.
Also the magnet of the standard 5/8" plug doesn't always stick out that far.
My take on it was to use a M14x1.5 x 24mm magnetic plug.
#11
Posted 01 November 2024 - 09:28 AM
Yes, I did make it.
#12
Posted 01 November 2024 - 05:28 PM
Yes, I did make it.
Snap except I used 1" bar and a m14 x 1.25 tap ( I think). The 1" bar as it allows the hex head to sit in the reccess nicely.
Shooter
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#13
Posted 05 November 2024 - 12:27 AM
https://www.ebay.co....emis&media=COPY
I neither have the knowhow or tooling to make one so this would be an option if it would work.
Only possible hassle I can see is maybe the bolt head being too large to get a socket on to tighten it in the recess of the case?
#14
Posted 05 November 2024 - 12:30 AM
Edited by Gaz66, 05 November 2024 - 12:31 AM.
#15
Posted 05 November 2024 - 03:08 AM
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