New to me Crf 450x 06

[Mark BuntingMember]

Congrats on the new steed mate.

Too many bikes are barely enough 😆

Kram

[Nick JacksonMember]

Stripped the newbie down today and did a valve check …. Exactly to manufacturers spec
Not bad for a 7 year old Crf with 100hrs

Nick

[Nick JacksonMember]

While I was checking the valves I broke a bolt off when undoing the rear valve cover bolt , I wasn’t too concerned as its apparently quite common. I drilled a hole in the bolt and used an easy out to remove the bolt left in the hole. I obviously bought a poor quality easy out kit as the easy out snapped off in the bolt without moving it. So I resigned myself to drilling out the bolt/easy out and fitting a helicoil.
He’s a great instructional vid for installing a helicoil.

http://youtu.be/RFYa6sjhh_E

Unfortunately no one in Yamba stock helicoil kits so I had to take it to the local bike shop in Grafton to be done. The helicoil was fitted no problem and upon inspection the front to bolts had already been helicoiled !!! Some racers fit helicoils to their bikes straight away to save this drama as it offers a 60% stronger thread than the original.

Nick

[GregMember]

Good post Nick and good video, remember to never seize all bolts into alloy and use a tension wrench as well

Thanks for sharing Champ

Nickj wrote:

helicoils 60% stronger thread than the original.

Nick

In Alloy yeah good information :laugh:

TB

[Nick JacksonMember]

Trailboss wrote:

Good post Nick and good video, remember to never seize all bolts into alloy and use a tension wrench as well

Thanks for sharing Champ

Nickj wrote:

helicoils 60% stronger thread than the original.

Nick

In Alloy yeah good information :laugh:

TB

I read the info on a few mechanical threads and you confirmed it so it must be true
I wonder why bolts like valve cover bolts that are removed constantly for maintenance aren’t fitted with helicoils or similar from new ??

Nick

[Nick JacksonMember]

Got some practical bling too !!!

[Damien BonoraMember]

Nickj wrote:

Got some practical bling too !!!

Nice

[Nick JacksonMember]

And one of the new lightweight batteries , it looks like a good thing … Weighs next to nothing , has a test button on top to check charge, has a 12 month charge holding shelf life , charges from 10% to full in 6 minutes and can stay on the standard trickle charger ( not really needed though )

[Damien BonoraMember]

I was thinking of getting one of these for the royal donkey…….. try to lighten it up a bit :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[GregMember]

Nickj wrote:

I wonder why bolts like valve cover bolts that are removed constantly for maintenance aren’t fitted with helicoils or similar from new ??

Nick

Cost mate purely cost. Cost of the coil and cost of the labour to fit on the assembly line. Like I was saying the other day, expensive brands of cars etc helicoil alloy parts sometime because the strength of the thread is %60 higher than a bolt straight into alloy.

TB

[Mike WyethMember]

Finally got some internet :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

I’v missed a few months on here and get back to find Nick’s gone big bore 😆 well done mate, looks like a nice buy,I will be able to take you to some real hills up here in October and not that “little one” pig hill :unsure:

Look forward to catching up

[Nick JacksonMember]

mike wrote:

Finally got some internet :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

I’v missed a few months on here and get back to find Nick’s gone big bore 😆 well done mate, looks like a nice buy,I will be able to take you to some real hills up here in October and not that “little one” pig hill :unsure:

Look forward to catching up

:laugh: :laugh: I hope your joking Mike !!!! :blink: :laugh:

Nick

[murph the surfMember]

Damn unlucky breaking the ezi out, Nick.
Would of been nice to do it all in house.
From memory ezi outs are a hardened steel and not real easy to remove once broken off flush.
Cheers
Murph

[Nick JacksonMember]

Murph the surf wrote:

Damn unlucky breaking the ezi out, Nick.
Would of been nice to do it all in house.
From memory ezi outs are a hardened steel and not real easy to remove once broken off flush.
Cheers
Murph

Fortunately my drills are better quality than my ezi out kit ( now in the bin ) Murph , as a tradie I always bang on about using quality tools to get a quality job then buy shit gear and pay the price !!!

Nick

[Matt BakerMember]

A good tradesman never blames his tools.

“Practical Bling” a nice way to justify it

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