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Ridefour15 Little Ring Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 509 Location: Charlotte/Pineville, NC Joined: 11/18/12	I want to helicoil my Reba post mounts 10/22/16 at 6:50pm	Print Post
	Stripped out one of the post mounts last night when adjusting a caliper (yes, I own a torque wrench, and no, I hadn't used it yet on that bolt) and I want to repair it with a helicoil. I tried searching websites for Lowes, Home Depot, Autozone, Advanced Auto Parts, and am not really sure what sizes or parts I need to be looking for. Am I going to need to match the TPI for the current bolt, or will I just get a helicoil for whatever TPI I can find and get a bolt to match accordingly? I understand the helicoil process in theory but I haven't actually done it myself before. Any advice on where to get the pieces I need?

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kds57 Newbie Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 8 Location: Greensboro Joined: 09/14/12	Re: I want to helicoil my Reba post mounts Reply #1 - 10/22/16 at 7:24pm	Print Post
	If it is just the post, they are replaceable(should have 2 flats for an open end wrench probably 10mm).

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Ridefour15 Little Ring Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 509 Location: Charlotte/Pineville, NC Joined: 11/18/12	Re: I want to helicoil my Reba post mounts Reply #2 - 10/22/16 at 10:40pm	Print Post
	I ended up going to Lowes and buying a new M6 bolt that was a little longer, as peeping in the post with a light showed I had 1/3 to 1/2 of the threads towards the deep end still intact. The new bolt went in and I torqued it to spec just fine. I double checked the bolt that didn't strip, which I had tightened by hand last night, and it was actually tightened under spec.

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pughjetsound Coaster Bike Offline motorbicycling Posts: 135 Location: Shuffletown Joined: 08/04/04	Re: I want to helicoil my Reba post mounts Reply #3 - 10/23/16 at 11:17pm	Print Post
	In the future go to mcmaster.com. You'll find everything you would need and ground shipping is typically next day delivery.

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Ridefour15 Little Ring Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 509 Location: Charlotte/Pineville, NC Joined: 11/18/12	Re: I want to helicoil my Reba post mounts Reply #4 - 10/24/16 at 1:00am	Print Post
	pughjetsound wrote on 10/23/16 at 11:17pm: In the future go to mcmaster.com. You'll find everything you would need and ground shipping is typically next day delivery. The problem is I don't really know what I need...

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Woods Rider Small Cog Offline I wanna ride Posts: 390 Joined: 02/26/08	Re: I want to helicoil my Reba post mounts Reply #5 - 10/24/16 at 1:48pm	Print Post
	McMaster Carr: Helical insert and tools (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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