[dsn_klr650] pitch of m8 bolts.

[skypilot110]

After the Roaming Rally I have found a few bolts missing. More important is the sub frame bolt that I sheared off on the left. It was a rough ride in some places and the bikes were really loaded since you needed all your camp gear, tools, food, water... Has anybody done the sub frame bolt upgrade on an 08+? Did you use a kit or just bolts from hardware store and how did it go

[Monty Bludworth]

I used Iron Mike's subframe upgrade bolts. You have to drill the upper bolt hole through the frame. This makes for a stronger connection and also makes it easier to remove, if you shear the bolt. Sent from my iPad

On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:35 AM, "skypilot110" wrote: > After the Roaming Rally I have found a few bolts missing. More important is the sub frame bolt that I sheared off on the left. It was a rough ride in some places and the bikes were really loaded since you needed all your camp gear, tools, food, water... > > Has anybody done the sub frame bolt upgrade on an 08+? Did you use a kit or just bolts from hardware store and how did it go > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Monty Bludworth]

Okay, I am a certified idiot! Try Eagle Mike, not "Iron Mike".... Sent from my iPad

On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:46 AM, Monty Bludworth wrote: > I used Iron Mike's subframe upgrade bolts. You have to drill the upper bolt hole through the frame. This makes for a stronger connection and also makes it easier to remove, if you shear the bolt. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:35 AM, "skypilot110" wrote: > >> After the Roaming Rally I have found a few bolts missing. More important is the sub frame bolt that I sheared off on the left. It was a rough ride in some places and the bikes were really loaded since you needed all your camp gear, tools, food, water... >> >> Has anybody done the sub frame bolt upgrade on an 08+? Did you use a kit or just bolts from hardware store and how did it go >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[dooden]

I think the we had this discussion years ago, I know Jake (RIP) sent me upgraded bolts to replace the KCO bolts (KHI Compressed Oatmeal) and the moral of the story was make sure what you got in there is tight and Red Loc-Tighted. Mine been there for years. No drill throughs. Sure if something is snapped and unable to get old bolt out sure. K.I.S.S. rule applies methinks. Dooden A15 Green Ape

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "skypilot110" wrote: > > After the Roaming Rally I have found a few bolts missing. More important is the sub frame bolt that I sheared off on the left. It was a rough ride in some places and the bikes were really loaded since you needed all your camp gear, tools, food, water... > > Has anybody done the sub frame bolt upgrade on an 08+? Did you use a kit or just bolts from hardware store and how did it go >

[revmaaatin]

Well, there you go again. Applying science and engineering to a cult item previously shrouded in mystery. What are we ever to do with you? revmaaatin. oh, and I learned something. Thanks.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "John Biccum" wrote: > > The 1.0 and 1.25 refer to how many millimeters the bolt moves with one full > (360 degree) rotation. So a 1.0 pitch "threads in" one millimeter and a > 1.25 pitch "threads in" 1.25 millimeters with one full rotation. Therefore > the 1.25 pitch is FINER than a 1.0 pitch ( but COARSER than a 1.5 pitch > bolt). > > > > This is different than the inch system where the pitch describes the number > of turns in one inch of bolt travel. The more turns the finer the pitch, > e.g a 24 pitch is very fine, a 20 pitch somewhat coarser etc. > > > > But in both metric and inch pitches the greater the pitch *number*, the > finer the thread. > > > > I was unwilling to specify the pitch on the M8 bolts on the KLR as I > suspect that more than one pitch is used, depending on the application. So > I'd have asked Georgios to tell us *what* M8 threads he had stripped out > and then I could tell him the correct pitch. > > > > Also if the answer is "the footpeg bolts" , a better recommendation is not a > STI (a Standard Threaded Insert, e.g a Helicoil or Time-Sert) but rather to > drill out the stripped threads and re-tap for a bigger (and consequently > stronger) M10. > > > > (I spent 20+ years doing in QC in machine shops so just *might* have this > thread pitch knowledge committed to memory J) > > > > > > > > From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of mechanizeinc > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 7:08 AM > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Pitch of M8 bolts. > > > > > > The courser thread: 8 x 1.25 > > Mech > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com , > "georgios_ace" wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am thinking of buying the 'Wurt' 'TIME-SERT' thread repairing system. > > http://www.timesert.co.uk/time-sert.php > > In order to get the proper set I need to know which pitch of the M8 bolts > Kawasaki uses on the KLR: M8x1,25 or M8x1? > > > > friendly > > > > Georgios > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >