that's the way to go, make it the next guys problem.

Thanks Thanks an Thanks again.!! I bought a used lawnmower and it would not stop leaking oil around valve the cover. This info solved the problem.😊😊

You, good Sir!! Just saved me mountains of time and money!! God bless you Sir, thank you!!

I'll swear you wait to do a video, till a train is coming up to that crossing and about to honk! Love it! They don't do that where I am!

Back in the day with our mini bikes we just ran in a 1 1/4 x 20 lol thank you mower medic🤙

I can't believe I missed this yesterday. Great Job... Quick, Simple....Awesome. Git er Done !!!! Lol

Pretty darn good tip!! Thanks for sharing and demonstrating an easy fix!! 🤩 If you don't follow MM1's advice then you are, "screwed" 😂

Welcome advice. Thank you.

Thanks Jeremy for this valuable info.

Great job! I've been doing that on Stihl equipment as well. I love the comments...."why don't you Helicoil it? Why don't you "just" drill it one size larger" BLA BLA BLA lol

Like the old saying goes, if I only knew then what I know now - I could have saved so much time. Great fix thanks. I'd better subscribe so I don't waste any more fixes :-)

Man! Happy I found your video. I stripped one port of my starter to my bike. I repaired it, was in a rush to throw it back on and that one bolt was giving me issues and sure enough, stripped it. Think I can use you technique to repair and get my bike back up and running. Cheers🤙🏼

Nice fix and a timesaver too!

give the bloke a prize any body else would would use a thread insert putting odd sized screws will only end up being put in the wrong order and messing another thread up

Thx for the info! Consider a shop vac with small nozzle to vacuum shavings and debris would be my respectful suggestion. Cheers!

That’s a great little industry trick…👍👍👍

I like it. Now me, I would never have thought about doing something like that and would have probably scratched up a nut and bolt and engineered something....but don't tell anyone, this is just between you and me.

good stuff I could use a whole organizer with tapping screws..

m5 thread strpped out is the tapping size for m6, i would prefer to tap and use a m6 socket cap screw ,to ensure the job does not return

I just got an Ariens snowblower built in 1979 and have it's 2011 equivalent next to it. The newer one uses self tapping bolts for the handle bars while the old one not only has a second layer of steel at the mounting points but uses captive nuts which are easy to replace. I'm putting the same, but newer, engine on it as it's tired but everything else is pristine and built like a tank.

Over 20 years ago I used to work at a auto shop. When we would change the transmission fluid & filters sometimes the bolts for the pan would strip out. We would do the same thing we had a bunch of different sizes of the self tapping bolts. It was so much faster then using a helicoil kits. There is very little of a negative that could be said about using them.

I don't work on these but I like your channel

Thanks for the information. I wasn't aware of these screws from Echo I will have to get some to keep on hand!!

Very good information Thank You very much

I probably would have helicoil’d it. Nice tip, thank you for sharing!

“There’s is not a single thing wrong with that” - are you kidding me? There is barely a single thing right with it. There is nowhere near enough material there for that to be any use whatsoever. The tapping size hole for an M5 thread is 4.2mm and this hole has had the threads ripped out of it. That complete and utter botch job of throwing a coarser thread down a stripped bore will withstand next to no torque at all. You can even see that the thread it has cut is an absolute mess. Good grief, this has to be the best advert for your competitor ever.

I did same , it works like charm.

Be back later - Gone hardware shopping. Thanks MM1 - fantastic tip

Great hack Jeremy! I usually tap for the next size up cap screw but your idea is a lot easier, thanks!

Thanks for the video and info! I stripped my mini bike clutch bolt and the clutch shaft hole is stripped as well. Real pain. I tried tighten it with a impact driver and made things worse. Hopefully it will be a simple fix. Thanks again.

You can always re-tap the hole to the next size like a standard size instead of metrics! I've done that method to fix a stripped out screw before but I took an extra step with marking the location with painting the spot! You could stamp the location but you can't do that to a screw but paint seems to work easier!

AWESOME DUDE, GAVE AN. IDEA!!!😊😊😊

That’s a great tip

Great tip, thanks!

Wow, that’s amazing

I've used copper wire in similar applications. Wrap the bolt with fine threads and stick a few strands in the hole and it will chooch .

Great tip!

Great. I stripped out the screw that adjusts the roller on my sliding glass door. Do you think ACE would have that? I have to go to ACE hardware anyway to find out what size the screw is anyway.

Will this work for a stripped out aluminum microtech knife screw hole that requires an M1.8 - 0.35 × 4mm torx screw? Great demonstration.

Fantastic! Thanks! 🎸😃

I hit the thumbs up, but I already subscribe!! 😆. Great job!

Nice tip as long as you have enough material left to re-tap.

Thanks.👍

Stihl does indeed use the spiffy self tapping screws. Unfortunately, they also strip out, which is the predicament I'm currently in. Drill and tap for M6?

Thanks for the information. I have a stripped bolt inster in my jeep on the frsme rail to attach the bumper. The size sais 10.9 which would i need to fix that

Hey, thanks for the tip! I have a Husqvarna 371 xp that the top cover bolt holes and my brake bolt hole are stripped. Do you know which screw I would need to replace with this fix? Thanks!

Question I stripped the threads on a big bolt for a four link arm, do they make big self tappers or should I tap the hole and get a bigger bolt?

What will the fix torque to ? Or will the fix strip before it reaches torque spec

‘Nother 👍 dude! Great time-saving and effective fix. Only the greedy would Helicoil if this method is possible. The one thing I think about, though, is repeatability in terms of removing and reinstalling that recoil in the future if that one screw is different than the other three. Maybe a red paint marker on the head of the screw and all around where it lives on and under the recoil cover so it’s obvious to the next guy that this screw goes in this hole. Otherwise you take the risk of rethreading other holes and not having the correct screws.

I just changed my radiator and I screwed the bolt to the main bolt sideways so that transmission cooler line wouldn't fit in, when I tried to put it back in it wouldn't even start going in straight, would I be able to buy a starter bolt piece like that? Thanks for your time ♥

Awesome thank you

That's quality information right there!

Did you use a bigger screw to make your own threads ? How can I fix motor mount holes on my lawn mower frame where the motor bounced around and they got bigger plus I need to rethread holes cause the screw just sits inside the hole.. I feel if I don't fix my frame holes it will just wiggle around again?Can you help me

Thanks for the tip! Is there a product to seal around base of breather tube? New tube, gasket and plate on vanguard but still leaks.

Good hint. Been cheating for 30 yrs, on Stihl, Echo, Husky, and what ever else strips out in aluminum, with various other odd screws/ bolts , from decades of collecting, even used some drywall screws a few times, worked great.

Ur brilliant

Great! I like your idea. I have a engine mounting bolt stripped out on my Sears Craftsman 6.75 hp. Tecumseh Engine. How do I get the correct self tapping bolt for that??

Wow, great hack, would this bolt work if screwed on by hand rather than impact drill because of limited space?

Just using a courser pitch bolt/screw works just as well. Couple of turns in/ one turn out and so on with oil and a new thread is easily cut especially in alloy.

I have a larger carborator fuel inlet that takes a little paper filter, we removed it and now it's like the threads are stripped. It just slides back in. Don't even got to turn it. Like it's not catching the threads. But the threads on the carb and the inlet peice seem fine. Its almost like the fitting has shrank. Even though it was perfectly tight before we removed it. Can you give me some advice as to how I can fix this without replacing the entire carborator.

What did the end of the screw push out of place when you wound it in ?

So here's my situation....the bolt hole beginning threads are stripped, ...but most of the threads are good I'd say about 95% .....so if u I use the same size tap to fix the beginning threads....is that possible? I'm trying to avoid using a heli coil....I'd appreciate your reply...thnx

Can I use this for a 2008 honda odyssey tensioner pulley, its in the engine block?

Stripped sump bolt on a motorbike. Do they make them that large? Great idea.

I discovered this accidentally when i had no choice because the only screw available has a coarse thread and it did work and cut its own threads out of a stripped same m6 size but finer threads

I have an e-bike where the threaded mirror hole is stripped and needs repair for the mirror to be put back in. ( it requires a certain diamater thread to work. If the new threaded hole is too big the mirror won't fit. ???

Next tip is where to find them and somewhere where you can find different lengths.

That looks like a steel screw going into an aluminum case. Will it work as good on a steel casting?

Pretty sweet

The notion that a company like Echo ever drilled and tapped holes individually is ludicrous, as is the idea that inserting a helicoil is difficult or inconvenient. These tri-lobed, thread forming screws work well when properly installed in a very specific hole size, as in initial production, but once they fail you'll be back to the utterly reliable helicoil.

I prefer a Time-Sert insert over Helicoil or this self-tapping alternative.

Great Idea where can I get some of these bolts

Can you put a link to the part number and where we can get them? Tks!

Ok.... Whats the part number and is it by Echo? I have the same problem on a muffler on a echo backpack blower.

Reason I hate seeing people use power tools to start bolts This is the common result of being a stupid person and not a mechanic I hate seeing what they screw up 😢 Do it right and what is the big hurry?? Looking at phone

Thank you

Nice tip. How long is the screw?

a 10MM bolt into an aluminum engine block (for each of 4 ignition coil hol-down bolts in an old Toyota Corolla) is easy to strip out (...so be careful!) and the bolt can be replaced with a same-size by a different pitch self-tapping bolt and you are done!

2:31, looks like you might need a new Torx bit or the next size up. : ) Great tip. Thank you as always for sharing these tips, MM1.

Stripped my AR15 grip should I try it on it?!! Steel I’m guessing. This just happened help lol

what do you do when you're dealing with steel?

That worked well. It's good to know but I hope I never need it. Cheers, have a good Thanksgiving.

Would you go a size up from the original bolt diameter or use the same size but with a self tapping bolt?

my hero!

So you show us a screw at 0:57 and 1:13. Are these the same screw? Does this technique work with cars? We just have to find a same-dimension screw but it needs to be self-tapping?

Similar to an oversized oil drain pan bolt for stripped threads.

I'd always mark it with a paint pen, and mark the hole too.. So in the future when someone takes it apart, they will know which hole the random bolt goes into.

I'm a bit confused here. They both are the same size with the same thread, except on is self tapping?

can you do it on a lawn mower shaft to attach a blade bolt.

The last thing I look for is a technician who's a hack looking to save time. It's aluminum you can drill and helicoil it in under 60 seconds and it'll be better than it was originally. Take a little pride in your work be the best you can be or don't bother.

I have no idea what u did, u used a harder bolt? Tryna fix my stripped scooter stem

do they sell those in a bunch of lengths?

What can I use with a 14 mm long screw

Cool

i probably would have used a bit of cutting fluild or paste, would have been a nicer job. Good idea though. especially into aluminium. wouldnt work on cast iron.

Yeah, I'm looking for an M8 x 45 tapping screw and ... they don't appear to make them. Looks like I'm drilling.

there is approved methods to repair a damaged thread, better to use them when a failure can have disastrous consequences.

I'm confused, why not use a tap, then use the original or replacement new bolt? is it for hard to access areas?

Aluminum is easy to strip out, and easy to re-tap.

Use longer screw and go all the way through and put a hex nut on it as well!