Are you freakin’ kidding me... crap.

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Oct 29, 2011 | 06:33 PM

orangecrush

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Are you freakin’ kidding me... crap.

So I decide I want to install a set of different foot pegs on my 48. With the clevis offset, I decided to cut and grind the longer one to make it the same size.

Cutting, grinding and painting took less than 15 minutes. Easy fix, no problem.

As I was trying to screw in the bolt that holds the bracket for the footpegs, it was not going in smoothly so I decided to chase the threads with a tap.

That didn’t go too well...

I hate when that happens. I tried the trick of welding a nut to the tap and twisting it out.

That didn’t go too well...

I took one of my carbide bits and basically ended up grinding out the tap a bit at a time. After about 2 hours, I got it out, rechased the threads and put it back together. What a PIA.

Left side went well though...

What a crappy day for a 15 minute job.

Mark

Oct 29, 2011 | 10:21 PM

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Been there. But they do look good!

Oct 29, 2011 | 10:31 PM

06Sporty75

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yep, first always make sure you are using the right size of bolts/taps, then always clean the hole first & lube those taps and always be very gentle with them and apply even force to each side of the wrench, they are brittle and easy to break.

Oct 29, 2011 | 11:07 PM

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Awwww that sucks!! Been there, done that!! Cutting oil is my friend now!!

Oct 29, 2011 | 11:50 PM

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Yeah, it wasn’t a big deal, I guess I was getting a little PO’d because the bike doesn’t even have a 100 miles on it yet. I thought I was going to have to pull the engine to get to the backside of it...lol.

I should have known, the day didn’t start good and went progressively down from there. Sometimes, it’s better to wait for another time.

But it’s fixed now and gave me a reason to ride even though it was 41 degrees.

Mark

Oct 30, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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If it happened to me I would try to use a punch and hammer to break the tap into pieces to get it out.

Oct 30, 2011 | 12:10 AM

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If it happened to me I would try to use a punch and hammer to break the tap into pieces to get it out.

Actually, that was my first hour trying to remove it. I thought I could break it up into little pieces but it was such a small diameter hole and it kept bending the little punch I was using. (plus it was TRASHING the edge of it... I must have reshaped the end half a dozen times)

Anyway, no big deal, it happens to everyone, I just wasn’t expecting it for something so new and simple.

Mark