Recent content by l008com

Isn't loctite just going to burn off after a few minutes of running the motor?

I've only used a helicoil once on an MTB brake caliper and it works really good. The only issue was that it was really hard to keep the tap perpendicular to the hole I was trying to thread. But I did get it eventually, thankfully. These carbon fiber frames are not cheap! But the way spark plug...

Last Fall, I was winterising my equipment and I accidentally stripped the spark plug hole on my yard vacuum. Its a 31 year old machine and I didn't turn that hard, so its probably a failure that has been inching its way to happening for a while. But no worries, this is a great opportunity for...

I see. Too bad they didn't stick a little plug in starter on there, like snow blowers have.

I have a maybe 15 year old craftsman yard vacuum. Long story short, its plastic timing gear melted, so I had to pop the engine off and replace it with a new one, that was metal. When I opened the motor, I was expecting a melted camshaft. But the camshaft looked perfect and the gear that spins it...