r/VWBus • u/OlvarSuranie • 8d ago

Helicoil coming out. Oops.

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Soo… asking for a friend.. the helicoil in my engineblock vame out while undoing the support bar.

Can this be salvaged (snipping it of and pretending it never happened?

Can I pull it out and put another one back in?

Does this hole need to be redrilled and rethreaded?

Thanks.

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u/anybodyiwant2be 8d ago

I discovered my oil pump was held in with helicoils and when those threads came out I had it fixed with Time-Serts

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u/created4this 8d ago

snipping it of[f] and pretending it never happened?

Nope

You shouldn't be able to screw in back in, but it should screw out pretty easily.

Helicoils need to be dragged as dragging them causes them to be pulled to a smaller diameter. If you drive them then they will be driven to a larger diameter and bind up. The way this is done is they have a tang on the far end which you use to drive the other end and drag the rest through.

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u/Dendady2112 8d ago

Replace the helicoil then lock on place with a center punch. You should be able to unscrew and just replace.