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John: Always great to see you posting on one of my problems...

I had the inserts done by a machine shop in Reno, by Augie, through EBS.

I didn't notice the stud was bent when I took it out, but noticed when I put it in.

Stupidly, I left it in before I decided to replace it. By then the loctite had set. When I was taking it out, the cylinder was already mounted. I didn't realize it was pushing against the bottom of the cylinder until it had already gouged it.

Local machinist inspected and filed the bottom for me - for the cost of a 6 pac.

I got a replacement timesert from a local Porsche mechanic (Derrick at Eurosport in Virginia Beach) along with his installation tool. Howerver the insert measures .8 inches and it seems a little shorter than what was put in by the machine shop. The insert I have doesn't cover all the stud threads. Is there a longer version that would be better?

Thanks!