Thank you so very much for this video! Your presentation is very clear. Thank you for presenting this video in focus and without music. You stayed on point and your instructions are outstanding.
A very well thought out and complete professional explanation and demonstration of installing a helicoil. Much better than some of the seat of the pants videos you see on TH-cam.
Thanks for filming and posting, I need to use one of these for the first time in 40 + years of tinkering so your film will be a great help, John from sunny Devon UK
Brilliant video. You explained clearly that the size on the heli-coil pack is the thread size of the bolt you use. Not sure how any idiot could give this video a thumbs down unless of course they are completely ignorant of the subject or else they resent you sharing your expertise. Sincere thanks. michael
this by far the best presentation compared to other videos on this subject,everything was in focus,there was no rambling ,very straight to the point ,well done my friend.
Excellent demo. I need to repair a VW MK4 TDi serpentine belt tensioner mounting bolts. They are M8 x 1.25 but one of the three bolt thread is stripped. So I just learned how to repair it from your video.
Thank you that is so helpful. I didn't know about breaking the thing off at the end and thought i would have to screw the helcoil to the bottom of the hole and leave it there. Glad I watched the video first. Thank you
Nice I installed two helocoils in my oil pan where the oil cooler lines attach.. I just wanted to say thanks because I watched your video before starting and everything went well. Salute.
Great video! Am gonna use this on an Eaton M62 supercharger as it's aluminum: the M62's snout hole for the Jeep 4.0L brace is partially stripped and a ticking time bomb. All my question answered in ONE professional video = awesome! Thank you. :)
Tap wrenches are very helpful also and keep in mind that the beginning of the tap won't have full threads. This means that you will have to go past the tapered part of the tap. I like to use a paint marker to keep from going too deep or not deep enough.
Thanks for the great and easily understandable video. I've never done this before and have the bottom bolt hole of a starter that is stripped...going into an aluminum bell housing. The starter has only two bolts to begin with. Luckily, the top bolt screws into the starter and is holding well. The bottom bolt...3/8 in. screws into the aluminum bell housing. I may have to do this Heli-Coil as a last resort.
The Tattersfield Flathead on my '51 Dodge pickup has ANOTHER stripped thermostat housing thread. Yours is a very good and simple and Short example explained very well by you... Good 4 my Brush Up - Here I Go................. Thanks... LJR111
Normally, you should use the tapping oil but he was going into aluminum and it's not really necc. since aluminum is a very soft metal. If you were tapping into steel for example or any other hard metal, then I would definitely recommend that you use the oil. For harder metals, you have to go a few turns and then back out 1/4 to 1/2 turn to allow the metal shavings to fall out otherwise the shavings could clog the new hole and jam everything up and then they will be very difficult to remove. :-)
Had good experiences working on marine engines with Helicoil. Bolts and holes get eaten up by corrosion, electrolysis and previous sloppy repairs. Never had one fail on me.
I had my doubts, but a very thorough explanation. My only gripe is that when cutting the thread use cutting compound and back off the other direction every few turns to break any chips that might damage the new cut thread.
I was told by the auto parts store that I go to that you may/should use loctite. I mean,you don't have to but they recommended to me that I do. I am repairing the bleeder screw threads on one of my rear calipers. I have the loctite sticks - both medium and high strength. For my situation,he said the medium strength is good enough. Since I will be unscrewing the screw every two years to flush the old fluid out,I will prob use the loctite. If it's a head bolt for ex. then I wouldn't bother. :-)
My wife was having a problem with a steering wheel and she kept crashing the car. I tried fixing the steering wheel but I knackered the threads when trying to tap it for the insert. Since the hole went completely through I put a "backing" nut on the other side. It seemed to work for a little while but then she started crashing it again. Do you think I have a nut loose behind the wheel?
I just replaced my AC compressor. The two bolts that hold the manifold down for suction and discharge, one of them stripped the threads out of the aluminum housing. Going to use this repair on it.
that is well done. i have no experience with helicoil and will be trying it on a honda engine mount. one bolt stripped the other i am having to cut out. bolt head damaged beyond repair and it is dremel time. once get the head off and engine mount off hope i can turn the bolt stud but who knows
Thank you Thank you Thank you! I'll have to buy a kit a land do this for my alternator on my fun car. Made a mistake on the tensioner, I'm sure it'll be just fine now!!
When tapping a hole you want to use oil, and turn the tap in 1/2 turn out 1/4 turn, in 1/2 out 1/4. This keeps the threads clean and less chance of breaking the tap.
@ratdude747yt Correct. You crack that chip off and it rides up, allowing the rest of the material to be threaded. Otherwise, you are trying to thread through chips, which causes poor threads and uneven depths. ;)
This guy should be using cutting lubrication when tapping to avoid damaging the threads and the tap. Also... he should be protecting the block and open coolant/oil hoses he has sitting there. Metal debris will fall into them and create additional engine problems in the future.
Thanks for the video. It's been a while since I've used a Helicoil and was a bit perplexed by the "installer" tool. Helicoil's instructions weren't a lot of help. I'm tapping the crankshaft nose on a 454. I hope it holds 85 ft. lbs.!
Great video, take the mystery out of this process, I have notice mechanics put on red thread locker before installing heli coil, why you skipped this step?.
Helicoil is a spring. when you wanna turn out the spring will open and locks up. It wont unspin. When you wanna remove it you have to take needle nose plier to strip it out. i never had one turn out by itselft. locktide can be used if you let it sit to harden a it. you dont wanna locktiden bolts in a helicoil though!
Hi, did you remove the tang after tapping and breaking it away? If I can remove it with tiny tweezers instead of purchasing the removal/extraction tool? By the way, thanks for the video. it is great!
For some reason on your last two videos I'm getting audio only from my left speaker. The helicoil kit I have doesn't have that large installer guide -- is it necessary?When do you use locktite? If you ever find it necessary to do a spark plug helicoil, please take the time to show a video how to do that. Although I hope never to cross thread a spark plug, there's always a chance. What do you think about time-serts?
1.0 does not "reference how many of these threads are in an inch". It is the pitch of the thread i.e. the distance in mm from one turn to the next. Note: that applies to metric threads, imperial threads are characterised by t.p.i. or threads per inch.
Thank you for the video. I have a question.... I have a 2003 Honda Civic Ex that I broke a screw off while changing the VTech gaskets. I messed up trying to retap the hole and woddle the hole out and totally messed it up. What can I do?
An M6 1.0 means that the threads are 1 mm apart. I have some M2 .4 bolts which means that the threads are .40 mm apart. Other than that, fine instructions.
Thank you so very much for this video! Your presentation is very clear. Thank you for presenting this video in focus and without music. You stayed on point and your instructions are outstanding.
Very well explained, and informative. The fact that no offensive language was used is most appreciated! Thank you for a great job.
A very well thought out and complete professional explanation and demonstration of installing a helicoil. Much better than some of the seat of the pants videos you see on TH-cam.
Thanks Truman, glad you appreciated it.
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I don't think you could find a better take on a helicoil repair than this video. Thank you.!
Glad it helped
Thanks for filming and posting, I need to use one of these for the first time in 40 + years of tinkering so your film will be a great help, John from sunny Devon UK
Brilliant video. You explained clearly that the size on the heli-coil pack is the thread size of the bolt you use. Not sure how any idiot could give this video a thumbs down unless of course they are completely ignorant of the subject or else they resent you sharing your expertise. Sincere thanks. michael
Great video that clearly shows the installation process. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Nicely explained and shown, detailed. I've watched a couple but learned the most here. Thank You.
best video on Helicoil jobs on the net. Very detailed from start to finish.
this by far the best presentation compared to other videos on this subject,everything was in focus,there was no rambling ,very straight to the point ,well done my friend.
Excellent demo. I need to repair a VW MK4 TDi serpentine belt tensioner mounting bolts. They are M8 x 1.25 but one of the three bolt thread is stripped. So I just learned how to repair it from your video.
I watch all kinds of you tube " how to videos " just to see the quality of their content. This one is great and so instructional. It deserves an A+.
Thank you that is so helpful. I didn't know about breaking the thing off at the end and thought i would have to screw the helcoil to the bottom of the hole and leave it there. Glad I watched the video first. Thank you
I need to do this very thing. Your presentation was top notch and gives me the knowledge and confidence to do it right. Thanks.
Very informative video and very detailed procedure. I can almost picture myself capable of performing this if needed.
I've been taught to do this, but watched this for a quick refresher. Excellent vid, covered all the points quite nicely. thanks!
I was looking for a good insert video to use as an example for noobs. Your video is excellent and thorough. Thanks for posting!
Getting ready to do this on a stripped hole in my transmission case. This video was very helpful!
Thanks for making this video. The threads on 1 of my t-stat cover bolts is stripped out and a heli-coil is the best repair solution.
Happy I watched this one first! Now I can get to the job and not waste time on any other videos! Thanks!!
I have no idea who this guy is giving the heli-coil procedure, but the way he explains it, I can see why Mr. Mariage trusts him to do the video.
This was a really good video! Thank you! I stripped the housing for an m6x1 oil pan bolt and am going to do this repair on it. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for this very simple, straightforward and informative video. I watched sit before doing my first helicoil and it was a tremendous help!
very helpful video. it is so much better to see it being done vs just reading about it.
Thanks so much!
as always a great video. this channel is one of my fav's on you tube. you guys really teach efficiently yet still get the main points. thumbs up!
you need a TV show!, great presentation thanks
Nice I installed two helocoils in my oil pan where the oil cooler lines attach.. I just wanted to say thanks because I watched your video before starting and everything went well. Salute.
Glad it helped, thanks for your comments.
best explanation ive seen yet thank you very much!
Great tutorial, Excellent demonstration on the installation of a helicoil..
Great video!
Am gonna use this on an Eaton M62 supercharger as it's aluminum: the M62's snout hole for the Jeep 4.0L brace is partially stripped and a ticking time bomb.
All my question answered in ONE professional video = awesome!
Thank you.
:)
Tap wrenches are very helpful also and keep in mind that the beginning of the tap won't have full threads. This means that you will have to go past the tapered part of the tap. I like to use a paint marker to keep from going too deep or not deep enough.
nice to see a instructional video with out "manicured hands" doing the work.
Thanks for the Video, Anything that gets the Job done is always a help.
There is NO thread per inch measurement on metric threads. If it's 6 mm diameter x 1.0, the 1.0 is how many mm it is for one revolution of thread.
Great video, I understand now and you answer all my questions.
Thanks for the great and easily understandable video. I've never done this before and have the bottom bolt hole of a starter that is stripped...going into an aluminum bell housing. The starter has only two bolts to begin with. Luckily, the top bolt screws into the starter and is holding well. The bottom bolt...3/8 in. screws into the aluminum bell housing. I may have to do this Heli-Coil as a last resort.
Absolutely perfect walk through and explanation. Thank you
Thanks Austin
The Tattersfield Flathead on my '51 Dodge pickup has ANOTHER stripped thermostat housing thread. Yours is a very good and simple and Short example explained very well by you... Good 4 my Brush Up - Here I Go................. Thanks... LJR111
Normally, you should use the tapping oil but he was going into aluminum and it's not really necc. since aluminum is a very soft metal. If you were tapping into steel for example or any other hard metal, then I would definitely recommend that you use the oil. For harder metals, you have to go a few turns and then back out 1/4 to 1/2 turn to allow the metal shavings to fall out otherwise the shavings could clog the new hole and jam everything up and then they will be very difficult to remove. :-)
Great job on the repair and the video. Thanks guys !!!!
Good video but the thread pitch on a metric bolt is not how many threads per inch. It's the distance between the threads in millimeters.
Thanks for the clear step by step way that this video was made
Very well done - good explanations of every step - and the reasons behind them. Thanks.
Excellent video. This is just what i needed to start on my engine repair.
Thanks
Had good experiences working on marine engines with Helicoil. Bolts and holes get eaten up by corrosion, electrolysis and previous sloppy repairs. Never had one fail on me.
Great, answered my questions. Now I'm ready to go.
Awesome video thanks! Working on 22r exhaust studs and one needs a helicoil and now i know how to do it!
I had my doubts, but a very thorough explanation. My only gripe is that when cutting the thread use cutting compound and back off the other direction every few turns to break any chips that might damage the new cut thread.
Ace video, actually feel confident now of doing the repair!
Clear and concise. Good video
great video, will be doing this myself in the same place you guys did in guy video. great steady camera. thanks
Thank you very much for sharing this video, I ran into a snag doing some work on my motorcycle and wanted to be able to use an oem bolt.
Excellent instructional How-To video. Thank you
Whats the point of the "holder"? Why wouldn't someone just turn the installer to insert the new thread?
it helps you inset the coil
straight up
Now that's how you make an instructional video. Thanks!
couldnt have been more clear. great video, thanks
Very well done video. Best on the topic. Thank you.
Very well done! Excellent close-ups & clear audio. Thank you both!
Really helpful, thanks for taking the time to make the video.
I was told by the auto parts store that I go to that you may/should use loctite. I mean,you don't have to but they recommended to me that I do. I am repairing the bleeder screw threads on one of my rear calipers. I have the loctite sticks - both medium and high strength. For my situation,he said the medium strength is good enough. Since I will be unscrewing the screw every two years to flush the old fluid out,I will prob use the loctite. If it's a head bolt for ex. then I wouldn't bother. :-)
Excellent and informative video!
Thanks very good video, saved me a bunch of money keep up the good work
Very good thorough video.
My wife was having a problem with a steering wheel and she kept crashing the car. I tried fixing the steering wheel but I knackered the threads when trying to tap it for the insert. Since the hole went completely through I put a "backing" nut on the other side. It seemed to work for a little while but then she started crashing it again. Do you think I have a nut loose behind the wheel?
Perfect. Very professional.
Great video thanks for the info on the helicoil installation
I just replaced my AC compressor. The two bolts that hold the manifold down for suction and discharge, one of them stripped the threads out of the aluminum housing. Going to use this repair on it.
Excellent presentation. Thank you.
Real nice! Great instructional video!
Great instructional video. Thank you!
that is well done. i have no experience with helicoil and will be trying it on a honda engine mount. one bolt stripped the other i am having to cut out. bolt head damaged beyond repair and it is dremel time. once get the head off and engine mount off hope i can turn the bolt stud but who knows
Great detailed video, excellent!
Thank you Thank you Thank you! I'll have to buy a kit a land do this for my alternator on my fun car. Made a mistake on the tensioner, I'm sure it'll be just fine now!!
When tapping a hole you want to use oil, and turn the tap in 1/2 turn out 1/4 turn, in 1/2 out 1/4. This keeps the threads clean and less chance of breaking the tap.
Very informative. Thanks for posting.
Very nice job and great video work.
Thanks for the video. Lots of details.
Would you normally want to use oil when threading the hole?
nice tutorial, irony is this happened on the back of my 1052 Suzuki engine on one of the oil return line bolts on the aluminium valve cover.
i was wondering, can you put some loctite on the helicoil? or once its in there, it will stay there good?
@ratdude747yt Correct. You crack that chip off and it rides up, allowing the rest of the material to be threaded. Otherwise, you are trying to thread through chips, which causes poor threads and uneven depths. ;)
Nice video. Thanks for posting!
Excellent video thank you very much
Excellent video!
Thanks for the video, this was really helpful!
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Excellent tutorial, thank you.
This guy should be using cutting lubrication when tapping to avoid damaging the threads and the tap. Also... he should be protecting the block and open coolant/oil hoses he has sitting there. Metal debris will fall into them and create additional engine problems in the future.
t3hgone He should follow the instructions... like he did
t3hgone, i was thinking just the same, lubrication and protecting the rest of the engine from debris.
Thanks for the video. It's been a while since I've used a Helicoil and was a bit perplexed by the "installer" tool. Helicoil's instructions weren't a lot of help. I'm tapping the crankshaft nose on a 454. I hope it holds 85 ft. lbs.!
Very good an informative video.
Great video. Definitely more confident.
Great video, take the mystery out of this process, I have notice mechanics put on red thread locker before installing heli coil, why you skipped this step?.
Great video. Thanks. Question: What prevents the helicoil from backing out when you remove the bolt?
Helicoil is a spring. when you wanna turn out the spring will open and locks up. It wont unspin. When you wanna remove it you have to take needle nose plier to strip it out. i never had one turn out by itselft. locktide can be used if you let it sit to harden a it. you dont wanna locktiden bolts in a helicoil though!
Do you recommend red Locktite on the helicoil?
Hi, did you remove the tang after tapping and breaking it away? If I can remove it with tiny tweezers instead of purchasing the removal/extraction tool? By the way, thanks for the video. it is great!
For some reason on your last two videos I'm getting audio only from my left speaker.
The helicoil kit I have doesn't have that large installer guide -- is it necessary?When do you use locktite?
If you ever find it necessary to do a spark plug helicoil, please take the time to show a video how to do that. Although I hope never to cross thread a spark plug, there's always a chance. What do you think about time-serts?
Great video! I'm going to try this out to fix my intake manifold bolt hole. Thanks for the vid!
1.0 does not "reference how many of these threads are in an inch". It is the pitch of the thread i.e. the distance in mm from one turn to the next. Note: that applies to metric threads, imperial threads are characterised by t.p.i. or threads per inch.
Thank you for the video. I have a question.... I have a 2003 Honda Civic Ex that I broke a screw off while changing the VTech gaskets. I messed up trying to retap the hole and woddle the hole out and totally messed it up. What can I do?
excellent explanation
An M6 1.0 means that the threads are 1 mm apart. I have some M2 .4 bolts which means that the threads are .40 mm apart. Other than that, fine instructions.