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Help with trailing arm thread
Might have made a stupid, fatal error late last night on my 1980 911SC.
 I was reconnecting the rear driver-side shock to the trailing arm last night with an impact wrench, and I'm pretty sure I shredded the threads inside the trailing arm (and the threads on the bolt as well). Is there anything I can do short of replacing the entire trailing arm? Images of the trailing arm threads and the bolt below:  
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01-26-2016, 06:00 PM
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Time-sert?
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01-26-2016, 06:03 PM
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01-26-2016, 06:28 PM
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Helicoil Kit is cheaper and uses the same tap as a Timesert and for this application is probably OK.
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01-26-2016, 06:31 PM
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Either will be fine. Hopefully you have not destroyed too much interior to allow decent tap for above. Not fatal, and the insert will be stronger.
Lesson learned - hand tight EVERYTHING at least a few threads before taking a tool to it. Alan
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01-26-2016, 07:31 PM
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