I bought my bike 2nd hand and it had already had a helicoil installed by a store in Liverpool. They also did the rebuild and receipts show there was only 200kms put on the freshy when I bought it yet the bore was out of round and the cam chain was out of sync. When I learnt of these last two issues I rang them and questioned them about it and they said too bad stick it up your arse and I’d already made the decision not to give to them again anyway. I’ve since learnt that shop has an established reputation for doing very poor work and not standing by it. If anyone wants to know the name of the shop I’m happy to PM or tell you next ride but I’d rather not post it and cause any trouble to the old bull site.
When I stripped the bolt I was surprised because I hadn’t put much tension on it. When the KTM blokes took a look they found and reported to me that there had been a dodgy helicoil installation on an angle and that’s why it stripped and thrashed the bolt. The installed a new helicoil to see if it’d seal and I found that it did with no pressure or temp but once the crank case built pressure it weeped oil. I trust the local blokes that did the work but I’m a tad confused why it didn’t leak before. Only reason I can come up with is that the shitty bolt had wore to become an angled thread and sealed.
I also prefer to do my own work so I know if something isn’t 100% and when I saw the angle I was hesitant but figured that it’d sealed well before so should be fine otherwise I would’ve had it down to Greg straight away. Unfortunately I’m not set up to tap my own thread and I certainly feel that I’m in better hands with Greg than my own doing this type of work so I’m leaving it with him.
