cylinder head cover

Guest · 1 cylinder head cover - thread Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:30 pm

Guest

Hello!

I was putting the bike back together today and stripped one of the threads on the cylinder head cover. What would you recommend? Should I leave it or use a tap to rethread?
Best,
Neal

Crazy Frog · 2 Re: cylinder head cover - thread Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:43 am

Crazy Frog

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I assume that you are talking about the valve cover.

Even if there is no oil pressure in the valve cover, I would try to fix the thread. You don’t want to see your cover starting to warp and leak.

Because of the specificity of the bolts, you have to keep the same diameter thread unless you want to have somebody machining a screw for you.

A good product to repair stripped thread is the helicoil. This is not cheap, but it works well.
http://www.roadstarmagazine.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=233

Here is a place where you can order them:
http://www.ar-sheldon.com/acatalog/Helicoil_Metric_thread_repairkits_Kits.html#a5403_2d8

Guest · 3 Re: cylinder head cover - thread Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:24 pm

Guest

Thank you for your reply!
Cheers,
Neal

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