Originally Posted by Bosch-Man
..i just a trusty Bosch drill whats a pillar

..All it said on my helicoil kit was use an 8mm drill bit!
On a pillar drill you would get a hole that more accurately followed the original path through the head, your studs ARE on the piss if you did it with a hand drill, its just a matter of how much by.
Hopefully not enough to matter at all