Helicoil insert for a stripped spark plug hole: Difference between revisions

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2. Find someone else to do it. It might be difficult, though. You'd have to find a good mechanic who is also a machinist, or a machinist who is also a good mechanic, and there are fewer people like that all the time. The cost of labor has gotten so high that it's no longer practical to make parts fit, as in the days before the Japanese started making bikes where every part made for a certain bike would fit every bike that the part was made for. People used to have to hand fit every part, but that generation is dying off now and it's harder to find someone like that.

Probably the best place to find someone to do the job would be a shop that specializes in old European bike repairs. Unless you can't find a good used head, it probably wouldn't ~~be would~~ be cost effective. At today's shop rates, both helicoils would likely run you over $500. The helicoil does make a stronger than stock hole though; the BMW factory used to helicoil all their plug threads.

Probably the best place to find someone to do the job would be a shop that specializes in old European bike repairs. Unless you can't find a good used head, it probably wouldn't be cost effective. At today's shop rates, both helicoils would likely run you over $500. The helicoil does make a stronger than stock hole though; the BMW factory used to helicoil all their plug threads.

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 . Find someone else to do it. It might be difficult, though. You'd have to find a good mechanic who is also a machinist, or a machinist who is also a good mechanic, and there are fewer people like that all the time. The cost of labor has gotten so high that it's no longer practical to make parts fit, as in the days before the Japanese started making bikes where every part made for a certain bike would fit every bike that the part was made for. People used to have to hand fit every part, but that generation is dying off now and it's harder to find someone like that.
-Probably the best place to find someone to do the job would be a shop that specializes in old European bike repairs. Unless you can't find a good used head, it probably wouldn't be would be cost effective. At today's shop rates, both helicoils would likely run you over $500. The helicoil does make a stronger than stock hole though; the BMW factory used to helicoil all their plug threads.
+Probably the best place to find someone to do the job would be a shop that specializes in old European bike repairs. Unless you can't find a good used head, it probably wouldn't be cost effective. At today's shop rates, both helicoils would likely run you over $500. The helicoil does make a stronger than stock hole though; the BMW factory used to helicoil all their plug threads.
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