helicoil insert removal tool - can not find to buy

[cudajames]

Hello, i need to remove a helicoil insert. I can find the tool online, but can not find a place to purchase. ( need find a CCC tool, but it will take a month to ship from china)

Can anyone help me an online of chain store that sells the removal tool? Looking to remove a 3/8ths (which is the same as the M10)

 

[zombywoof]

did you try using an easy out? thats how i used to get them out

 

[70aarcuda]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxr5zQjQi8k&feature=player_detailpage"]KATO Extraction & Removal (KRT) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[70aarcuda]

http://www.katonet.com/removal.html

 

[jos51700]

Pry it out, with a screwdriver to get it started, then needle nose to coil it out.

 

[Bad Sport]

Why not just make one? Got an old screwdriver and a bench grinder?

Make it look like this with your grinder.

View attachment HeliCoil-Extraction-Tool.jpg



Tap it in lightly with a hammer, turn counterclockwise.

 

[65Val]

Pry it out, with a screwdriver to get it started, then needle nose to coil it out.

Thats how I do it too

 

[lilcuda]

Pry it out, with a screwdriver to get it started, then needle nose to coil it out.

Yep. This is what I do. No need for an expensive tool. James, if you need help, let me know. I'm close.

Lee

 

[cudajames]

everybody thank you for the help

I was concerned about removing from a aluminum intake, so I found and bought a tool

Wow, it was easy to remove and no damage to the threads (yea)

 

[Bad Sport]

Wow, it was easy to remove and no damage to the threads (yea)

If the threads are good, why was there a heli-coil in there to begin with. Inquiring minds want to know, lol.

 

[69_340_GTS]

Because most good quality aluminum aftermarket parts come with helicoils installed right from the manufacturer. Threads in aluminum are just way too easy to strip. As a matter of fact this is standard practce on all aluminum aircraft parts.

 

[cudajames]

sorry, i meant that I did not damage the threads removing the insert

sadly, the manifold had repairs before, with an earlier insert pushed down (which caused my problems - new insert would not seat - so i found a short insert)

Learned a ton, about install and removal

 

[Bad Sport]

Because most good quality aluminum aftermarket parts come with helicoils installed right from the manufacturer. Threads in aluminum are just way too easy to strip. As a matter of fact this is standard practce on all aluminum aircraft parts.

I agree on the stripping, lol. I guess I never really paid attention to that.