Timeserts

[Anonymous]

Hi all.

I posted a not a while back about stripping the thread on one of my GS750 plugs holes.
A local guy put me in a timesert without stripping the engine.
I have to say he did a fantastic job It now runs great.

Just thought you needed to know that.

Phil

[Anonymous]

timesert?

[Anonymous]

Hi Rick.

Timesert.

I solid steel thread insert, that once in will not come out unlike a Helicoil.
You ream a hole in the metal, thread the hole, Insert the timesert.
Then you screw a threaded leader into the timesert thar spreads it real
tight into its seat.
A truly mervelous invention see http://www.timesert.com/.

Phil

[Anonymous]

Hi Rick.

Timesert.

I solid steel thread insert, that once in will not come out unoick a Helicoil.
You ream a hole in the metal, thread the hole, Insert the timesert.
Then you screw a threaded leader into the timesert thar spreads it real
tight into its seat.
A truly mervelous invention see http://www.timesert.com/.

Phil

Thanks for asking Rick. Now we both have learned something new.

[Anonymous]

Slowpoke,

I cant believe you have not heard of timeserts.
They are better than Helicoils as they do not pull out still attached to the plug when the engine is hot. Also Helicoils do not seal too well.

Phil

[Anonymous]

Slowpoke,

I cant believe you have not heard of timeserts.
They are better than Helicoils as they do not pull out still attached to the plug when the engine is hot. Also Helicoils do not seal too well.

Phil

I haven hung around garages for so long i cant remember. I only used a helicoil once in my life and that was for the oil drain plug on my gs1100e. Ill bet if we search hard, we can find one or even 2 other things that I dont know.

[Anonymous]

I haven hung around garages for so long i cant remember. I only used a helicoil once in my life and that was for the oil drain plug on my gs1100e. Ill bet if we search hard, we can find one or even 2 other things that I dont know.

Now Scotty, you know there are one or two people around here, who shall remain nameless, that just will not be able to sleep until they prove that there are three things

[Anonymous]

sad but true

[SqDancerLynn1]

Will have to check that out next time I need thread repair, local distributor is only 10 minutes away 8)

[Anonymous]

cool now i know, wonder if they make them for a jag drain plug?

[argonsagas]

cool now i know, wonder if they make them for a jag drain plug?

Rick, I suspect that will have to do with the vintage of the Jag.

First one I worked on was my own, a Jag 3.4...I was astounded to find the sockets I had would not work. Turned out to be because it was built with a combination of SAE and Whitworth sizes.....and until then I had never heard of Whitworth!

[earlfor]

Ron, Whitworth is a new one on me. :-) How are they graduated?

Earl

cool now i know, wonder if they make them for a jag drain plug?

Rick, I suspect that will have to do with the vintage of the Jag.

First one I worked on was my own, a Jag 3.4...I was astounded to find the sockets I had would not work. Turned out to be because it was built with a combination of SAE and Whitworth sizes.....and until then I had never heard of Whitworth!

[Anonymous]

I haven hung around garages for so long i cant remember. I only used a helicoil once in my life and that was for the oil drain plug on my gs1100e. Ill bet if we search hard, we can find one or even 2 other things that I dont know.

Now Scotty, you know there are one or two people around here, who shall remain nameless, that just will not be able to sleep until they prove that there are three things

I hate to disappoint, so here are three additional things that Scotty doesn't know:

1) How to speak Dutch.

2) How to play cricket.

and.....

3) How to exit his driveway without mishap.

[Anonymous]

.....and until then I had never heard of Whitworth!

You surprise me, Ron. I guess you know the following now:

"Sir Joseph Whitworth proposed this thread in 1841. This was the first standardised thread form. ....... The principal features of the British Standard Whitworth (BSW) thread form are that the angle between the thread flanks is 55 degrees and the thread has radii at both the roots and the crests of the thread. The relevant standard for this thread form is BS 84: 1956. The thread form is now redundant and has been replaced by Unified and Metric threads. The British Standard Fine (BSF) thread has the same profile as the BSW thread form but was used when a finer pitch was required for a given diameter. "

As implied by the above, there is also a British Standard Coarse (BSC) thread.

[Anonymous]

its a 93 jag xj6, the drain plug hole is 3/4, as of right now there is a rubber freeze plug holding the oil in 8O im glag its not my car