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Originally Posted by pberku
Hi Brian, I am not equipped to do this myself, but will bring it to my Inde, on Monday. Are Indes typically equipped to do this type of repair? Would they have the necessary Helicoil parts, or would they need to special purchase it. Any idea what the labour time for this repair would be?
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Hey Phil,
Any decent Indy will have a helicoil repair kit. However, a true M/B indy will have the metric helicoils
in stock with the required tool to install them.
If they need to purchase the metric tools for that size, then the cost for the tools will be about $65.00 or so. But, if he has the tools for that size, it only takes five minutes to tap the hole and install the helicoil. It's a very fast process. The cost of the helicoil, itself, is less than a buck.
Unfortunately, you can bet he will charge one hour for it. If he wants more, or if he does not have the metric helicoil tools, I'm sure I can find the helicoil tools in McMaster-Carr that will allow you to do it yourself.