Sounds like the person you talked to doesn't know what a helicoil is. Part of the repair is cutting new threads of a larger diameter so you can install the helicoil insert. So it wouldn't matter how stripped the old threads are.
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Anonymous238
So I went back to my bike shop for the helicoil repair and the thread is too stripped. I really don't want to buy a whole new crankset which is what the shop told me I'd have to do. Can anyone here link me a right crankarm that's compatible with the s100? Would this work:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TRUVATIV-IS...MAAOSwIhxZY6oI - 170mm power spline (That's what I have for a BB).