Time-Sert for Damaged Internal Threads

[Marty_in_MN]

Hi:

Anybody ever bought one of these kits before and still have the tools for their installation?

I have another metric bike that I just purchased. It was sitting around for quite some time so I went to drain its old oil and the threads on the drain plug's hole came out with the drain plug. According to Time-Sert's website they have a fix for the M20 x 1.5 aluminum pan threads.

It's a long shot , I know, but if you have this kit and would like to loan it out, please let me know.

Thanks,
Marty

[bentwrench]

Marty,
        I 've never heard of time serts.But I have repaired hundreds of bikes and cars with thread serts and heli-coils.Alot  of newer cars with aluminum pans have heli inserts from the factory.

[Motorider]

I had a striped oil plug on a Honda Accord years ago. I went to NAPA and bought a new oil plug that was a little oversized. It was self tapping, worked great until we traded the car. Perhaps you can find something like that. No kit just a plug.

[John Schmidt]

Since it's not under pressure it doesn't need to be a solid plug. Years ago when a drain plug was striped I just used a rubber plug like you sometimes find in a thermos bottle. You have to find one small enough to fit the hole, screw the little handle down to expand it then flip it closed. It will expand enough to block it completely, never had one fall out, had one in my old '48 Dodge all through high school and beyond.

[Gator John]

Since it's not under pressure it doesn't need to be a solid plug. Years ago when a drain plug was striped I just used a rubber plug like you sometimes find in a thermos bottle. You have to find one small enough to fit the hole, screw the little handle down to expand it then flip it closed. It will expand enough to block it completely, never had one fall out, had one in my old '48 Dodge all through high school and beyond.

They make a rubber drain plug that expands when you tighten it down.  I used one on a stripped Mecedes oil pan for several years until I sold it. Bought it at a local auto parts store.

[Robert]

Garbage, they come out after a one or two uses either use one of the rubber ones or use a helicoil it will hold and be like new. Just remember if you use a heli coil that you will have to use a bigger drain plug gasket as the threads for the helicoil are bigger than the old threads and just about the same diameter as the drain bolt head. So if you dont use a bigger gasket it will leak around the threads.