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bahamazoo
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1329
Join date : 2015-08-09
Age : 60
|  Subject: Unplugged, sort of...  Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:41 am | |
| Er, um, soooo I have this 'friend', and this 'friend' of mine  may have overtightened his gear box drain plug last time around (mmm no emoticon for dumb-ass clown), and this time during removal, a fair amount of aluminium shard came out in the plug threads. He 'says' that he cleaned all the shard off and replaced the plug and refilled the gearbox in the vain hope that it would seal.... he 'tells' me that the plug didn't snug up, and that gear oil is now dripping onto his garage floor... Apart from cleaning up the mess on the floor, any (easy) fix suggestions for my stoopid 'friend'... signed, dumb-ass clown edit.... just been looking at Time-sert thread inserts..... opinions?? (look do-able, providing beverages are kept at minimum  | |
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Pete Roper
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 10711
Join date : 2013-05-29
Age : 67
| | Subject: Re: Unplugged, sort of... Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:09 am | |
| Timesert, helicoil, tap oversize. | |
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Oz1200Guzzi
Don Abbondio
Posts : 6086
Join date : 2014-03-13
Age : 69
| | Subject: Re: Unplugged, sort of... Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:22 pm | |
| Helicoil may leak - I would go timesert... | |
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beetle
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 10200
Join date : 2013-09-30
| | Subject: Re: Unplugged, sort of... Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:35 pm | |
| Cork soaked in slicone, then hammered in with a mallet.  --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ..[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.].In GRiSO we trust! . | |
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bahamazoo
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1329
Join date : 2015-08-09
Age : 60
| | Subject: Re: Unplugged, sort of... Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:46 pm | |
| corks are hard to come by these days..... mmmm could possibly meld a few screw caps in there with Thors Hammer....
and duly noted guidance from the upper echelon of LB! | |
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bahamazoo
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1329
Join date : 2015-08-09
Age : 60
| | Subject: Re: Unplugged, sort of... Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:43 pm | |
| time-sert by me = $260
time-sert by Mobile Thread Repair guy = $130
What th??? | |
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Pete Roper
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 10711
Join date : 2013-05-29
Age : 67
| | Subject: Re: Unplugged, sort of... Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:01 pm | |
| Any thread repair bloke worth his salt will have the full kit and the experience to do it quickly and efficiently. That's the reason for harder stuff I just call my local bloke.... | |
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bahamazoo
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1329
Join date : 2015-08-09
Age : 60
| | Subject: Re: Unplugged, sort of... Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:29 pm | |
| Steve is inbound, shall report on his level of salt for those in SEQ... | |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: Unplugged, sort of... Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:51 pm | |
| Dare you to pay him with a chunk of Himalayan rock salt. |
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Charlie7
Squinternotto
Posts : 4
Join date : 2017-01-25
Age : 63
| | Subject: Re: Unplugged, sort of... Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:06 pm | |
| The exact same thing happened to me...err...to one of my friends on a 1200 Sport. Helicoil insert fixed it right up, no problems.
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