I destroyed the threads in right hand fork axle pinch... buy new lug?

Somehow, I managed to snap one of the axle pinch bolts on the right hand fork sliders lower lug (the little 8mm ones). I was using a torque wrench... yada yada... anyway... I tried various methods to get the bolt out... and now have finally given up and realized that I have ROYALLY screwed up the hole... weird drill angles, etc.... I'm pretty much screwed. Does anyone know if you can buy just the lug somewhere? I priced the whole slider (including lug), and it's over $500!!

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I would get it machined out and either an insert put in or tapped with a slightly larger diameter bolt size.

you may be able to dirll right through and put a bolt on the end on the bottom,least you can ride and wont be out 500..!

Thanks guys. In the long run, I think the machine shop is the best route... I happened to think that maybe they could weld up the hold, drill it and tap it... for now, drilling through and using a nut/bolt may let me ride this week without fear. We're fixing to have a baby in 3 weeks, so this week will be my last hurrah till spring probably.

You could heli-coil it back to the same thread size

Inserts like keenserts might work for you.

I stripped out some threads in the top of the tripple clamp. I took it to a local shop and had a heli coil installed. The guy said he used to heli coil exhaust studs on air plane engines and they are then stronger then stock threads. I would try to get that bolt out and heli coil before replacing. Much cheaper and then stronger. Good luck.

Well, I went to a machine shop in my area today. The guy said he could drill it out and heli coil it IF I could separate the lug from the tube.... As far as I know, that's a near impossible task. Anyone have any input on that? Other ideas?

Thanks!
Andy

call drew smith @WER and ask him

(908) 637-6385

Thanks Fury. I walked to Les (was the default name that popped into my head). He has a workable solution that I VERY much appreciate, but it's not cheap. I'd like to go ahead and get a revalve done at the same time. Need to talk to wife about it.

I may just go berzerko with the drill and wallow out the hole so I can get a bolt and nut attached... at least get a couple more rides out of it before winter sets in...

wouldnt the one bolt hold it just fine for the last few rides??

I have no idea. LOL. I'd HOPE so, I'm not like a crazy fast rider or anything.

One bolt would hold just fine for pretty much ever, if Les is going to fix it later I would leave it alone.

I over torqued mine and wreaked the threads too. I drilled it out myself and installed a heli coil. The problem with my heli coil job is that the coil is so much shorter than the stock threads. Im not too thrilled with it and would like a more permanent fix, but its working for now and holds torq fine. I think i might drill the holes out bigger and re-tap and use a larger bolt.

I rode my CR250 for years with 1 bolt on one side ....

Don't butcher it just for an extra ride. get it fixed properly it a Husky after all