[dsn_klr650] im full up to my bars

[Dash Weeks]

OOOHHH Jim, That sounds painful. Pull the core out before you send the can back to ST. You might be able to work on the busted screw with the core out. Chances are, ST will only install a new core and charge you for it. For that hassle, just order a new core and replace it yourself. If you do manage to get the screw out then you need to go to the hardware store and buy a TAP. If you have ruined the threads 100% then you have choices, either over drill and tap it the next size up or fill the hole with a spot of weld and then drill and tap to the original size. The later is preferred since you won't get an over sized screw thru your disks. Your local friendly welder should charge you about $5-$10. Pay him with a smile and make a new friend. Welders are handy to have around and we've been known to work for beer on weekends. You could always fill the hole with JB weld and then drill and tap it but I wouldn't trust the JB in your can with all that expansion and contraction going on. Good luck LaterZ Dash At 09:16 PM 5/4/00 -0400, JSherlockHolmes@... wrote:

>Thought I would give the listers a little time to chuckle and smirk at the >dumb and dumber that I pulled today. > >I've been working on installing the Supertrapp IDS2 exhaust to my bike. Well, >little things have been going wrong. Things like incorrect instructions, >excessive gap between the "S-bend" pipe and the exhaust can opening, etc. Now >today I came up with a doozy. I was attempting to install my disc stack when >I discovered that one of the mounting holes in the core was not threaded >properly. It would not accept the mounting screw without excessive force. So, >thinking that I was mechanically inclined, I used one of the extra screws >supplied for really long disk stacks and some metal cutting oil and attempted >to "self" tap the hole. I figured that since it would accept the screw >initially, that it only needed "cleaning" out. Wrong, dead wrong. After >several trips in and out of the hole with the spare screw, I thought I was >making progress, the fastener on the back side broke off. Now I have a screw >just dangling there, and I am unable to remove it. Whoa, what a Murphy. Well, >now I have to contact Supertrapp and see if they'll replace it or fix it, >should have done that in the first place. Dumb.....dumb.......dumb........ >Hope my experience helps someone else from pulling the same boner. > >Anyone have any experience with the Cobra ISDE exhaust? Good, bad, >indifferent. > >Have a good laugh on me and crack a mile wide grin. > >Jim Sherlock > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Whatever happened to the class clown? Find out at Classmates.com, >your online high school class reunion. With 4.4 million alumni >already registered, there's a good chance you'll find him here: >http://click.egroups.com/1/3958/3/_/911801/_/957489419/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Visit the KLR650 archives at >http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 >Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... >Let's keep this list SPAM free! > >Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com

[Bogdan Swider]

> Elden told me that from his experience there is a vast disparity in the > amount of vibration in stock klrs. He commented on how smooth my 97 is > compared to his motor that he had Falicon balance. I don't know where the > variance is, Elden suspects sloppy manufacturing tolerances that stack up > a > little here and a little there. > Morgan >

Hmmmm..I wonder if that would, at least partially, account for varying reports on engine longevity? Especially on engines that are often run (like mine) at high rpm's. Bogdan