Removing threaded inserts from a phantom

[Impactfour]

Hi guys

I'm sending out a dropout valve to get anodized and am wondering what the best method to remove the inserts from the body without scratching it is?

Thanks in advance guys

[superman]

Typically heat, Do you have a soldering pen iron? you could probably put that inside the threads then loctite a screw in, let cure and remove. I would use something sturdy like a cap head screw.

[Brokeass_baller]

Gawd, that reminded me of the "baking" phase some years back.

[Impactfour]

@brokeass-baller I haven't thought about that phase in years, I can vaguely recall the pbn thread that started it all.

[Brokeass_baller]

Thankfully, it was a short lived fad. People baking Egos and Matrices and other crazy expensive guns, running the risk of hurting tolerances, just to see how their ano would change.

[$L!mBo]

+1 on soldering iron, the ones from walmart are fine. there's a few chemical solutions as well (soak in acetone overnight). and you can email EV about getting a raw body with loose inserts

[Impactfour]

Acetone will probably be my first move, after that a cheap soldering irons gonna be the next. Unfortunately the part I need to remove the insert from is a dropout valve which EV doesn't seem to carry

[$L!mBo]

whatever you do, dont trust the annodizer to plug or mask over the inserts they WILL melt and ruin the body

[Have Blue]

Heat and then a straight flute screw extractor to remove the insert.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Dose that destroy them? Any chance you will get some more in? I know you have some of them in stock.

You put them back in the same way with a lil thread locker?

[Have Blue]

Once upon a time, I would have said to not worry about it and junk whatever you removed and replace with a new insert. Nowadays, those inserts ain't cheap. ('getting more in' isn't the issue, it's whether I have any margin to sell them on my site, or if it's best to just tell people to buy direct from EV)

That being said, as long as you're careful, a straight flute extractor shouldn't destroy the inserts at all - it can score them along the internal threads a little (as long as you're not too heavy-handed), but the damage should be minimal and will not affect the usefulness of the insert.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Awesome I figured there was no way to get them out without smoking them. Cool thanks for the tip.

[RayOdder]

Phantom Online have them listed at $6.99 each

[Impactfour]

Have Blue any chance you have the specs on the extractor you use? I ordered a set and found that none of them fit properly.

[Have Blue]

I'd have to find where the heck I have them (haven't used them in years), but I believe it was just a Craftsman set (which has gone by the way of the dodo, of course). This Gearwrench set looks like it should be a pretty close match: https://www.lowes.com/pd/GearWrench-...Set/1002986632

[Impactfour]

Awesome, thanks for the info