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Alcoa Fastening Systems Helps Technicians Repair Damaged Threads

Alcoa Fastening Systems' broad line of Fix-A-Thred products provides easy-to-use repair solutions for stripped or damaged threads.

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Alcoa Fastening Systems’ broad line of Fix-A-Thred products provides easy-to-use repair solutions for stripped or damaged threads. Fix-A-Thred stainless steel helical wire inserts are available in sizes ranging from #8 to 1-1/2 in inch course and inch fine sizes, and from M3 to M24 in metric course and metric fine sizes. The Fix-A-Thred line also includes all necessary STI (screw thread insert) taps, installation tools, and a number of kits that include a selection of inserts and related tools. There are also specialty Fix-A-Thred kits for spark plug port repair, spark plug port repair in Ford Triton engines, oxygen sensor port repair and motorcycle repair applications.

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Fix-A-Thred thread repair products are offered by Alcoa Fastening Systems, an Alcoa company. For more information, contact Alcoa Fastening Systems at (800) 732-3470, or online at www.alcoafasteningsystems.com.

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