Opinions on Helicoils

[YALE]

$60 for a repair that could save your life? Pocket change dude.

[junior]

Heli-coils are good, time sert is better. For what it sounds like you're doing, I'd probably go ahead and get the new bracket, expedited if possible.

$60 for a repair that could save your life? Pocket change dude.

Yup

[ScottJ]

My 01 Saleen spit out a spark plug once (this has been a well documented problem on 4.6 2V heads, often in Explorers), had a time-sert installed to fix the head and it worked great. It was a good thing too, I had a lot of work done to those heads. So I'd deff. go time-sert!


--Scott

[JasonRR]

$60 for a repair that could save your life? Pocket change dude.

Point taken...ordering a new bracket now. Not worth worrying about the repair for a $60 part, you guys are right. The best repair would be to have the hole plugged/welded shut and then re-drill and tap the hole, but I'd have to get the position perfect, and by the time I paid someone to weld the bracket and grind the surface smooth again, I'd probably be close to the cost of the new part anyways.

Thanks again for the help guys.

- Jason

P.S. Look who's back poking around, my old roommate ScottJ!