It's a delight to watch a true professional at work. It's amazing how easier a job is when you have the proper tools and know how. Thanks for sharing your trade. Take care.
Yep, your absolutely right, left handed bits do just that, i've done that many times, myself. I've also had, which i felt this was the case, a thread locked so tight, due to the salt corrosion, it would of just drilled a left handed hole and not caught the remainder of threads and failing to draw them out. I pretty much use the left handed drill trick on sheared off cases. If its a guaranteed threaded job for customer, new threads, no squeaks... Thanks for the Kudo's...Keith
Fuck the helicoil. I like to use left handed bits, and as we all know as you're drilling and about to pop out the end of a block of material, the bit always snags. The difference is that when you're using a left handed bit, after the snag, the broken bolt comes up real nice like you unscrewed it. Then you don't need a helicoil.
Everyone has their favorite technique though. I do like the way you centered it up perfectly at the beginning. Excellent video.
Hi Keith, thanks for your advice on my stuck bolt in my motorcycle cylinder head, much appreciated.
SeriousSchitt 1 month ago
It's a delight to watch a true professional at work. It's amazing how easier a job is when you have the proper tools and know how. Thanks for sharing your trade. Take care.
willingtowork 2 months ago
Yep, your absolutely right, left handed bits do just that, i've done that many times, myself. I've also had, which i felt this was the case, a thread locked so tight, due to the salt corrosion, it would of just drilled a left handed hole and not caught the remainder of threads and failing to draw them out. I pretty much use the left handed drill trick on sheared off cases. If its a guaranteed threaded job for customer, new threads, no squeaks... Thanks for the Kudo's...Keith
KEF791 5 months ago 2
Fuck the helicoil. I like to use left handed bits, and as we all know as you're drilling and about to pop out the end of a block of material, the bit always snags. The difference is that when you're using a left handed bit, after the snag, the broken bolt comes up real nice like you unscrewed it. Then you don't need a helicoil.
Everyone has their favorite technique though. I do like the way you centered it up perfectly at the beginning. Excellent video.
IndisputableAttitude 5 months ago
@IndisputableAttitude I agree. I too used the left handed bit for my motorcycle and it came out very easily.
Metalunique 1 day ago
Excellant video. I'll have to watch the others.
CoolasIce2 6 months ago