View Full Version : Where can i get 2 Helicoil fitted
alanTDM
22-04-11, 07:49 PM
Replacing front discs today snapped two bolts taking the old ones off >:( :'(is there a company that can put helicoils in,around the Trowbridge Melksham ares and roughly how much it would be approx.Sooner the better.
Thorkill_The_Tall
22-04-11, 07:57 PM
Lightning Services, Hilperton Marsh Farm.
http://www.motorcyclesbath.co.uk/#/engineering-machining/4545267141
Probably closed until Tuesday, though.......
470four
22-04-11, 09:07 PM
Did they snap off flush, flat & level or slanted? Helicoils are easy enough to fit, getting the old bolt out is the hard bit... should be easy enough with an easy-out now that the head is gone & the tension is off the threads? :)
alanTDM
22-04-11, 09:35 PM
No they snapped about 2mm inside the thread,ill try Lightning Services,i think being bolts for holding the disc to the wheel i think the problem is Loctite being on the thread plus rubbish metal the bolts are made of.
Last Train
23-04-11, 08:01 PM
No they snapped about 2mm inside the thread,ill try Lightning Services (http://www.harleyspares-uk.co.uk/menu%20page.html) ,i think being bolts for holding the disc to the wheel i think the problem is Loctite being on the thread plus rubbish metal the bolts are made of.
A great shop, highly recommended 8-)
silly_simon
23-04-11, 10:58 PM
Alan
Might be worth asking in GM Stevens aswell :) As they have a machine shop on site, they may well do something up there :-/
alanTDM
24-04-11, 08:51 AM
Alan
Might be worth asking in GM Stevens aswell :) As they have a machine shop on site, they may well do something up there :-/
I did phone them but they said they couldn't do it which i thought was a bit strange seeing as they have got a machine shop
They do mouldings and small components, so no set up for maintenance.
What size thread is it??
alanTDM
24-04-11, 10:18 PM
They do mouldings and small components, so no set up for maintenance.
What size thread is it??
The size is M8 in the PDF Service manual i got,Paid £10.72 for 12 of them at Fowlers.
I drilled down the centre of one but still wont budge >:(
When I had the exhuast studs that needed drilling out I got hold of a gent in Calne that came out to me and did the work, he was great name of Mark Dunsmore on 07725 665324
alanTDM
25-04-11, 11:03 AM
When I had the exhuast studs that needed drilling out I got hold of a gent in Calne that came out to me and did the work, he was great name of Mark Dunsmore on 07725 665324
Thanks for that i'll give him a ring see what he says.
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