Spent 4 hours on a simple bolt because the thread was stripped inside the housing

It was just a flange bolt on a pump housing in 40 feet of murk. Had to swim up twice for a left-hand tap set and still ended up cutting a new slot with a hacksaw blade. Anyone know a better fix for a stripped internal thread down there?

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3 Comments

bennett.vera15d agoMost Upvoted

Read about using a helicoil kit for that. You can install it wet, supposedly. Sounds easier than what you went through.

johnson.paul15d ago

Actually, you can't install a helicoil wet. The hole needs to be clean and dry for the threadlocker to work right. Doing it wet is a good way to have it fail later.

the_derek11d ago

Got a link to where you read that, @bennett.vera? Every kit I've ever seen says bone dry or the threadlocker won't set.