65 396

One of the four hinge holes on the passenger side of my 65 hood has a stripped thread. What is the best way to repair this problem?

65 396

Can anyone help with this?

Pop Chevy

Simple thing to do is a heli-coil. E-Z.

DansYellow66

I'm almost hesitant to weight in on this - the plate inside the hood is not very thick I don't think. You could try thread repair kit (Helicoil) and coat it with epoxy to help anchor it, before running it into the over-drilled & tapped hole. Another thought is a nutsert which I think could work. Just have to be real careful overdrilling the hole out.

http://avdelusallc.com/products/nutsert.shtml

If not overly concerned about appearances you might be able to tap the hole for the next marginally larger metric bolt - an option, but not one most would use.

There are thread repair epoxies out there but I just can't believe they would work and hold up.

I think another name for these is riv-nuts if you decide to look into them.

cblankin

http://www.timesert.com/

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I fixed the problem. I inserted a metric M8 X 1.00 bolt into the bad hole.
I know you purists will not like this but my car is not NCRS.

Pop Chevy

That's o-k. You asked for the best way , not quick and dirty ! Now drive it !!!