help! striped motor hole!!

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Gotta agree with espeefan.

In a situation like this, where you have a significant casing that the motor is mounted to, its probably both easier and safer to just replace the motor than try to repair the stripped mount hole.

Think about it - if the repair cuts loose, that gear moves in the pump casing, and oops, there goes the pump. OW, thats gonna hurt (plus metal fragments in your valves/line, doh!)

If replacing the motor is that expensive, you might try a braced-mounting for pump-casing and motor, where you can clamp/strap the pump down to the brace, mount the motor with the single screw, and then clamp/strap the motor in place. One of the machinists here could make you the mount.

But I sill think replacing the motor is both the safest for the pump, and cheapest/easiest for the assembly as a whole.

WhiteWolf