MitchellsFZ6
Truly obsessed with bikes
Hey guys and girlies
I have an issue with my downpipes.. As everyone knows in England the weathers been crap for the past 4 maybe 5 weeks now.. I was doing some maintenance on the Fizzer and one of the jobs was to re polish/ re chrome the downpipes..
I thought the job would be much easier by taking them off completely and doing it that way.. I did everything as I should have done and its worked every time for me.
I warmed the engine thoroughly, I went for a nice 20 mile blitz, got back and thought I better get to work, I got the tool kit out, applied some penetrating oil and made myself a cup of tea.
With the engine still very hot, I started taking the nuts off the exhaust retention bolts, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd were fine, the 4 one then completely sheared off.. The worst bit is that I can't just add another bolt and not worry about it because its sheared off inside the clamp..
Anyone else had this issue?
Will I have to drill out the bolt, tap it and then replace it with another? Or is there anything else I can do? Or is it more drastic than that? Will I need another head or something??
MitchellsFZ6
I have an issue with my downpipes.. As everyone knows in England the weathers been crap for the past 4 maybe 5 weeks now.. I was doing some maintenance on the Fizzer and one of the jobs was to re polish/ re chrome the downpipes..
I thought the job would be much easier by taking them off completely and doing it that way.. I did everything as I should have done and its worked every time for me.
I warmed the engine thoroughly, I went for a nice 20 mile blitz, got back and thought I better get to work, I got the tool kit out, applied some penetrating oil and made myself a cup of tea.
With the engine still very hot, I started taking the nuts off the exhaust retention bolts, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd were fine, the 4 one then completely sheared off.. The worst bit is that I can't just add another bolt and not worry about it because its sheared off inside the clamp..
Anyone else had this issue?
Will I have to drill out the bolt, tap it and then replace it with another? Or is there anything else I can do? Or is it more drastic than that? Will I need another head or something??
MitchellsFZ6