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I destroyed the threads in right hand fork axle pinch... buy new lug?

andyman

andyman

Husqvarna
AA Class
Somehow, I managed to snap one of the axle pinch bolts on the right hand fork sliders lower lug (the little 8mm ones). I was using a torque wrench... yada yada... anyway... I tried various methods to get the bolt out... and now have finally given up and realized that I have ROYALLY screwed up the hole... weird drill angles, etc.... I'm pretty much screwed. Does anyone know if you can buy just the lug somewhere? I priced the whole slider (including lug), and it's over $500!!

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
I would get it machined out and either an insert put in or tapped with a slightly larger diameter bolt size.
 
you may be able to dirll right through and put a bolt on the end on the bottom,least you can ride and wont be out 500..!
 
Thanks guys. In the long run, I think the machine shop is the best route... I happened to think that maybe they could weld up the hold, drill it and tap it... for now, drilling through and using a nut/bolt may let me ride this week without fear. We're fixing to have a baby in 3 weeks, so this week will be my last hurrah till spring probably. :)
 
I stripped out some threads in the top of the tripple clamp. I took it to a local shop and had a heli coil installed. The guy said he used to heli coil exhaust studs on air plane engines and they are then stronger then stock threads. I would try to get that bolt out and heli coil before replacing. Much cheaper and then stronger. Good luck.
 
Well, I went to a machine shop in my area today. The guy said he could drill it out and heli coil it IF I could separate the lug from the tube.... As far as I know, that's a near impossible task. Anyone have any input on that? Other ideas?

Thanks!
Andy
 
Thanks Fury. I walked to Les (was the default name that popped into my head). He has a workable solution that I VERY much appreciate, but it's not cheap. :) I'd like to go ahead and get a revalve done at the same time. Need to talk to wife about it.

I may just go berzerko with the drill and wallow out the hole so I can get a bolt and nut attached... at least get a couple more rides out of it before winter sets in...
 
One bolt would hold just fine for pretty much ever, if Les is going to fix it later I would leave it alone.
 
I over torqued mine and wreaked the threads too. I drilled it out myself and installed a heli coil. The problem with my heli coil job is that the coil is so much shorter than the stock threads. Im not too thrilled with it and would like a more permanent fix, but its working for now and holds torq fine. I think i might drill the holes out bigger and re-tap and use a larger bolt.
 
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