Repairing stripped screw hole?
 

Hello,

After a very bad (but very fun!) crash with my Rustler VXL, the wheelie bar mount broke in half and ripped right off.

Now the screw hole is completely stripped.

Is there something I could pour in that hole, let it set, then drill and screw the screw back in? (That's what we do with stripped/loose holes in wood at the shop, but what can I use for plastic?)

Thanks

Loa

P.S. I can't really put a larger screw in because the mount is too narrow to drill a larger hole.

Here are some ideas:
http://forums.radiocontrolzone.com/s...ad.php?t=17781
http://www.gl1800riders.com/forums/v...eca00bae5bb4d3
http://forums.radiocontrolzone.com/s...d.php?t=150752
http://www.girr.org/girr/tips/tips7/repair_tips.html

To some it up: recomendations seem to be fill in the whole (or partially fill it in) with CA, or hot glue, or plastic resin ect.

Holes.
 

Funny you should ask that question. I just read a fix-it post the other day and I was kind of suprized when they said to use baking soda to fill the hole first and then to drip super glue into the hole to fill it in. They say once it dries you can drill it out and rethread the hole for use. Personally I have used Epoxy to fill up oversized holes and do the same thing. You just have to pick the kind of Epoxy to suite your needs for toughness. Good luck with that.

I put some CA in the hole.

Thanks for the links and ideas!

I have to get a bottle of CA anyway, so I'm gonna try that method first!

Loa

Get a screw that has wider threads like a course thread screw and drip superglue in it.

+1 for the epoxy. ;)