Hello,
I'm in the process of assembling the head on my 79 CBX and I found that my front cam chain adjuster is stripped. I'm just curious if anyone has tried fixing this with a time-sert kit? I could only find examples of people fixing it with a helicoil which I'm fine to fall back on if a time-sert won't work.
Thank you.
Stripped Front Cam Chain Adjuster
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Re: Stripped Front Cam Chain Adjuster
Yes I have used a time-sert several times on them. Just make sure you buy one that isn’t too long.
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Re: Stripped Front Cam Chain Adjuster
Perfect, thank you.
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Re: Stripped Front Cam Chain Adjuster
Whatever you use, you CANNOT have threads showing in the first maybe 2mm of the hole. If it's a '79, the o-ring on the bolt must seat in a smooth bore. If it's an '80-'82, the bolt has a shoulder on it that has to slip into the end of the tower and an insert with threads at the end will not allow that. It's a process until you get it right. And as Terry said, threads obviously cannot protrude into the bore that the cam chain adjuster rod slides.
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Re: Stripped Front Cam Chain Adjuster
Interesting, I don't think time-sert makes an insert short enough then. The smallest they have for m8x1.25 is 8mm which I think is too long even without factoring in the 2mm non threaded section. My bike is a 79. I think I'll have to do a helicoil then since they can be easily trimmed to size. Thanks.