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Stripped engine right side engine / slider?
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<blockquote data-quote="ionbeam" data-source="post: 1146692" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>Spend money <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> , get a 'chase' tap and chase the hole. Off to Harbor Freight........</p><p></p><p>A chase tap is slightly smaller than a regular tap. In terms of the real world a regular tap would work, but there is always a but(t). You should use oil on the tap and gently work the tap in a few turns, and out a little bit, then in again and oil the tap again. The object is to keep the tap cutters free of any metal bits; the oil works to float any metal bits out of the threads. The nice thing about a chase tap is that being slightly smaller in diameter it mostly corrects threads and clears any corrosion and will zip right in with much less chance of breaking. Which brings us to the big but -- if you do break the tap in the hole your best recourse is to ride your bike to a machine shop and have them $$remove$$ the broken tap 'cause you can't do it without really making a cluster of it.</p><p></p><p>Or, you can anti-seize the offending bolt, torque it up and forget about it and let any future, foolish owner fight with it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ionbeam, post: 1146692, member: 277"] Spend money ;) , get a 'chase' tap and chase the hole. Off to Harbor Freight........ A chase tap is slightly smaller than a regular tap. In terms of the real world a regular tap would work, but there is always a but(t). You should use oil on the tap and gently work the tap in a few turns, and out a little bit, then in again and oil the tap again. The object is to keep the tap cutters free of any metal bits; the oil works to float any metal bits out of the threads. The nice thing about a chase tap is that being slightly smaller in diameter it mostly corrects threads and clears any corrosion and will zip right in with much less chance of breaking. Which brings us to the big but -- if you do break the tap in the hole your best recourse is to ride your bike to a machine shop and have them $$remove$$ the broken tap 'cause you can't do it without really making a cluster of it. Or, you can anti-seize the offending bolt, torque it up and forget about it and let any future, foolish owner fight with it :) [/QUOTE]
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