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  1. #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bert View Post
    a little suggestion here; I personally never had a lot of luck with helicoiled header studs (and head studs); they always seemed to fail.. we made up some stepped studs and took them out to 10mm (and Araldite them in permanently) and out as far as 12mm for headstuds..

    but if you (your mate) are going this current path maybe fill them up with Araldite (high temp 24hr type) so the studs don't come undone; then its only a case of tightening up nuts with copper washers (copper expands, keeps the nuts from falling off when running; to a point).

    I'm sure others will have a different view on this, I was a bit iffy about it at first; but its never failed since...
    A similar way of doing it, there are some pictures on my original post of the plugged stud holes....

    Quote Originally Posted by TZ350 View Post
    The exhaust stub holes were stripped out and in the wrong place so I tapped them M8 and glued some threaded alloy plugs in with Devcon F.

    When it came time to re-tap the holes M6 I found that the old welded repairs had moved the centres way off so the plugs did a great job of allowing me to get the new bolt holes in the right place.

    I am very pleased with the finished job………

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    Quote Originally Posted by hmurphy View Post
    Cheers. I really spent a lot of my time on this bike. Learnt a lot, made a lot of mistakes and finally got there. It's not even my f*ckin' bike. It should be 100% ready by the weekend. It's not all that fast at the moment though, will definitely need some 2 stroke pros to gimme a hand at tuning it. Another paying bucketer in the Welly area, just what we need!!
    And a little boy waits...
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  3. #33
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    Ha it's sitting finished at my place. It needs a little tidying up but good to go. It's far too slow though, needs a 2 stroke pro to tune it.

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    Get him out & ride it. A simple pipe, MX ignition & some porting should see it paste an FXR if he proves worthy.
    Don't you look at my accountant.
    He's the only one I've got.

  5. #35
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    6th August 2008 - 09:18
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    I really don't doubt his riding skills aye. The bike needs some help though. There are a couple things I would like to change but don't wanna spend any more money on his bike and I am busy these days. My own bike needs working on too! I really think the bike has potential and the rider too.

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