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Old 09-01-2008, 11:55 PM   #2
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I have not had this exact problem, but I have had many stripped threads.

Not the end of the world.

Sometimes you can use a slightly longer bolt and find good thread deeper in.

Sometimes you can "chase" the existing thread with a same size thread cutter (basically cleaning up the messed up thread).

But, usually you have to get a thread cutter the next size up, cut the bigger threaded hole and use the next size bigger bolt.

Or you can drill it all out and insert a new thread insert, but that is a little more involved.
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