[AT] Drill size for bolt tap question

John Hall jtchall at nc.rr.com
Fri Apr 14 19:07:08 PDT 2017


Belzona is good stuff. I can't remember where we got it, but we bought a 
"small" kit several years back. It was literally in 2 small tubs, maybe 
around a pint? Might also look into titanium putty. Devcon used to make 
all sorts of weird stuff like that.

John Hall

On 4/14/2017 12:46 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Al there is a product called Belzona (sp) that should work well.
> It can actually be drilled and tapped
> but generally it's only available to licensed applicators.
> Or at least I think that is the way it used to be.
>
> However, have you looked into Helicoils?  I'm not sure what sizes they
> are available in but you might get lucky.
>
> Is the rail you are going into steel or cast iron?  If it's steel you can
> always
> look at welding it up and re-drilling and tapping it to the proper size.
> Just make sure you find a PRO welder to do the job.
>
> Charlie
>
>




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