David,
If it is any consolation there are about a dozen inserts that come
with the kit, so you can do a dozen repairs of that same size thread.
For that price you would think they would include a drill bit for the
tap. The fixture tool that is used with the mandrel (the mandrel drives
the helicoil into the hole you just drilled an tapped) is not good for
any other size of Helicoil either. You can also buy just the inserts
once you have the kit to keep on making repairs to 10/32 threads. Not
sure, but bigger thread repair kits may cost more.
Mike MacLean Supercharged 60 Sprite
DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/28/2001 7:21:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> macleans@earthlink.net writes:
>
>
>
>> The HeliCoil kit cost $41.50
>
> It is hard to believe that these things cost that much. And that is
> just for
> ONE size. It wouldn't be so bad if it were an assortment that covered
> a wide
> range of sizes, but I kind of feel Jessie Jamesed when I pay that kind
> of
> money for the helicoil kit. But what is a guy gonna do when he needs
> it?
>
> --David C.
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