I was cleaning the carb on my daughter's Yard Machine mower with a Briggs 500e engine, one with a plastic carb. Either I or the place I last had service done stripped the hole where you screw the air filter housing into the plastic carb body. Cheapo design.
Anyway, what's an easy way to fix this? It's pretty much a sheet metal type screw so a heli coil would be overkill. I was thinking a thin sliver of plastic into the hole with some super glue would suffice for giving the screw something to bite into. Is there a better way? It doesn't need to withstand a ton of torque, just enough to hold the air filter. Seems to be a fairly common problem with these plastic carbs.
Anyway, what's an easy way to fix this? It's pretty much a sheet metal type screw so a heli coil would be overkill. I was thinking a thin sliver of plastic into the hole with some super glue would suffice for giving the screw something to bite into. Is there a better way? It doesn't need to withstand a ton of torque, just enough to hold the air filter. Seems to be a fairly common problem with these plastic carbs.