Stripped Thread
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 12:24 am
Took the NC29 out for a spin in my street a couple times at the weekend, and noticed oil leaking from the bottom of the crank case cover,
Noticed the bolt was not tightend, or so I thought ! , I pull out the hex nnut by hand and noticed that the bolt hole threads were rapped round the bolt like a steel wire, looks like it had been over torqued and stripped the thread.
any who, since its in quite a critical area, and oil prices what they are haha.
i dont fancy topping it up every week, , how do you repair a stripped bolt hole, I thinks it a M3 nut about
LI--------------------- this long haha.
Cheers,
Also it i just take the crank case cover off, will it just spew out oil, do i need to drain the oil 1st?
Thanks
Simon
Noticed the bolt was not tightend, or so I thought ! , I pull out the hex nnut by hand and noticed that the bolt hole threads were rapped round the bolt like a steel wire, looks like it had been over torqued and stripped the thread.
any who, since its in quite a critical area, and oil prices what they are haha.
i dont fancy topping it up every week, , how do you repair a stripped bolt hole, I thinks it a M3 nut about
LI--------------------- this long haha.
Cheers,
Also it i just take the crank case cover off, will it just spew out oil, do i need to drain the oil 1st?
Thanks
Simon