my front cylinder breather hole is stripped.... unscrewed the breather bolt and out came some threads... now what do I do.... I remounted, bathed the bolt in 243 loctite and tightened it down as much as it will let me without slipping loose again...
how do I fix this???

 

you can get a thread repair or you may have to try to re thread it, i would try to do this first with the stock thread pattern, make sure it goes in STRAIT...

 

like this? http://www.timesert.com/

looks easy enough... now, what size do I need, and do I need to take the head off to do this?

 

http://www.acehardware.com/product/i...id=body_rv_img

this might be even beter won't have to buy a tap etc....
never really run into a stripped thread so this is new to me .... had no idea this stuff existed

 

I did something similar and a thread chaser worked for me.&nbsp\\;

 

Re-tap&nbsp\\;will probably be better than the stock thread.&nbsp\\;

 

won't a thread tap change the size of the hole to no longer accept the breather bolt

 

An ordinary tap and die can also be used for repairing threads in stripped holes or bolts. Die nuts are dies made for cleaning up old threads, they have no split for resizing.&nbsp\\; This is how I repaired&nbsp\\; few problems I have incountered and not changed the stock bolt.&nbsp\\;