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Old 10-07-2009, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by dcdoug View Post
Is there a reason that timesert is better than helicoil?
I would tend to prefer it with the oil pan seal because of the lip that it grounds around the top and then it inserts the doo-hickey in to that reamed-out lip making it perfectly true and a flush fit on top. I've always thought of a TimeSert as being one step above a heli-coil.
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