Please help!!!!!!
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Please help!!!!!!
I stripped my torx screws on the derby cover. Well I got them off but I drilled a little. I drilled at an angle and drilled a bit of the thread. Not all of it but enought that have the thread length has a drill bit drilled out.
Someone please explain to me the consequences for being so stupid and impatient!!
Someone please explain to me the consequences for being so stupid and impatient!!
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The consequences are that you have been automatically admitted to a very large group of dummies who have done the very same thing. What you have in common with the rest of them is the knack for turning expensive machinery into a cobbled up DIY repair job. 
That, and the fact that, rather than learn to do a job, properly and w/ the right tools, you (all) plunge ahead, ignorant of the fact that you're making a big mess for the next owner. 
Oh, and then blame it on cheap Harley fasteners.
That, and the fact that, rather than learn to do a job, properly and w/ the right tools, you (all) plunge ahead, ignorant of the fact that you're making a big mess for the next owner. Oh, and then blame it on cheap Harley fasteners.
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The consequences are that you have been automatically admitted to a very large group of dummies who have done the very same thing. What you have in common with the rest of them is the knack for turning expensive machinery into a cobbled up DIY repair job. That, and the fact that, rather than learn to do a job, properly and w/ the right tools, you (all) plunge ahead, ignorant of the fact that you're making a big mess for the next owner.
Oh, and then blame it on cheap Harley fasteners.
That, and the fact that, rather than learn to do a job, properly and w/ the right tools, you (all) plunge ahead, ignorant of the fact that you're making a big mess for the next owner. Oh, and then blame it on cheap Harley fasteners.
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From: KS
Pictures? If I'm understanding right your saying when you drilled the fasteners out you damaged the threads on the primary cover? Lots of guys make mistakes when in a hurry (including me). No sweat, at the end of the day it's all time and money lol.
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Doubtful you did damage, replace the torx with allens and see if the cover stays on
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Not the primary cover but the derby cover and just one.
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