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I had similar problems years ago with a municipal system that was a very early "Reverse Osmosis" treatment system. The water was extremely "soft" and leached solids from the copper, leading to pinholes from inside out. It consistently ate up water heaters every 3 yrs.

Please send quote for xpr10.

Have looked high and low and the closest one I can find is in China, delivery est by June 5. Need to clean up aluminum threads.

The c-clamp didn't do it. I used the shaft from a spring compressor and got washers to make a press. Took quite a bit of heat and cooled the insert with propellant. Was not an easy press. But it worked, and the work proceeds... thanks for the suggestions

I believe I have a hefty c-clamp, I'll give it a go.

Appreciate all the good info here, been learning much from the the forum while planning a shop. In the meantime I am replacing the trans. and clutch in a m/c (k1200lt bmw) and have run into troubles and hope some on this forum might have some insights... Has to do with a threaded steel insert in...