help - stripped bolt hole

[Jon Till]

These days it's usually about money or power (control). Start by following the money trail. Jon.. ======================= At 03:57 AM 3/31/2005, you wrote:

>I am sure they had KLR's in mind when the morons who crafted this >piece of legislation emerged from under their respective rocks. >http://tinyurl.com/6hzsz >Talk about freedom of association being denied. Remember the DS run >in Jamaica, VT that got illegally broken up by Sherriffs. > >-realpolitiklr

[wannabsmooth1]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "thskemp" wrote:

> > After successfully changing out the valve shims on my A14 I managed to > strip out the threads for the right rear cylinder head cover - using > the appropriately adjusted torque wrench, no less. It's too late > tonight to do anything else so I thought I'd ask what I should do next > (besides cry in my beer). I'm doing this now because I was planning on > trucking the bike to Death Valley at the end of next week to take > pictures of the flowers. Any idea on what to do next would be greatly > appreciated. > Thanks, > Tom - La Crosse WI

Tom, Sorry it was you who became the latest statistic. This happens, oft there was a DPO that overtightened the poor thing. Best fix is helicoil, IMO. CAREFUL, CAREFUL. If you were passing through San Diego on the way I'd help you fix it. All the best, Mike