Bolt thread damaged

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It does involve using a larger diameter axle

Not necessarily; see

Stripped yoyo help

I agree, it makes sense that you’d have to drill the whole thing out to a larger size and that is a “retap” … except … the last (and only…) time I had a stripped yoyo fixed, it was a bit different than this… he said that the helicoil inserts new stainless steel threads in the same exact size hole! He even re-used the same axle size! [image] You still need someone that has a helicoil kit and an accurate drill press to get it right – any misalignment of the axle is obviously catastrophic!

https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/search?q=helicoil

It is a fairly involved procedure and requires some precision tools, so… I’d only undertake this on valuable yo-yos!