Outdrive oil vent stripped threads

josh1981

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So when changing the gear oil in my out drive (alpha one Gen II) the oil vent threads stripped. When I went to put the plug back in basically the threads from the outdrive came right off and were in the threads of the plug. So has anybody had this happen and can I simply use a Heli-coil? Thanks
 

Bt Doctur

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Re: Outdrive oil vent stripped threads

heli-coil or timesert will fix it.
 

josh1981

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Re: Outdrive oil vent stripped threads

So will I need to trim the heli coil to the length of the plug or can it stick inside the drive a little bit. Also the "tang" on the inside end of the heli coil, I figured I don't need to break that off since I don't want it falling into my drive. Doesn't hurt anything still being there right?
 
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