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Old 11-05-21 | 02:50 PM
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Crankycrank
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Originally Posted by zandoval
Filling the hole with "Aluma Weld" then re-tapping to 9/16ths. Of course all of this is unproven but just think of what fun...
This is a long video but worth the time just to know for further applications...https://youtu.be/3pVS3Jttozk
I've used the Aluma Weld and it's great for some things but I wouldn't recommend it for this as you've got to get the aluminum extremely hot which could ruin any heat treating and the "soldering" is very hard to control meaning trying to machine and cut threads that are perfectly positioned and square afterwards would take some decent machining skills. The helicoil or threadsert would be my choice.

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