04-08-2024, 03:46 PM
Having tried every trick in the book to remove the 3 x 3/16" BSF screws from an old sunroof clamp plate, I gave up yesterday and drilled them out. Didn't go too badly, but left a couple of weak threads, so today I set about repairing them.
It's one of those ideas which tends to go better in one's imagination than in practice - but I ran a 3/16" thread down the middle of a 1/4" screw and made a thread insert - worked perfectly!
Contritium praecedit superbia as they say - on the second one I managed to break off the tip of a carbon steel tap in the hole and bad words were said....
It's one of those ideas which tends to go better in one's imagination than in practice - but I ran a 3/16" thread down the middle of a 1/4" screw and made a thread insert - worked perfectly!
Contritium praecedit superbia as they say - on the second one I managed to break off the tip of a carbon steel tap in the hole and bad words were said....