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Thread on triple clamp gone..

turbo100

turbo100

Husqvarna
AA Class
Hello all,
After remounting the front fork legs the thread was broken on the top triple clamp..
Any ideas of what to do?
I was using a torque wrench so I guess the thread was bad from before.

Can a insert thread be used or do you recomment a bolt with nut?
Picture on the issue -
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Tips anyone?
 
Fitting a helicoil will require drilling out the existing thread and re-tapping to suit the larger helicoil thread. Depending upon the drill size this may best be done from the bottom, otherwise there may be too much clearance on the other pinch face hole if you drill through both sides.

If you decide to drill from the bottom you will need to ensure that you are perfectly aligned otherwise you will end up with all sorts of problems getting the bolt to engage the thread correctly.

If you decide just to use a bolt and nut you will need to machine or file a flat to allow the bolt head or the nut to bear down squarely
 
Hello and thanx,
Depending upon the drill size this may best be done from the bottom,
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This is a bit as I was worried about, I think it's going to be difficult to fit the drill from the bottom as the drill and the machine will not fit aligned within the triple clamp.
As I see it the only way is to drill through both and than the clearence issue - but I could not judge if that is a problem or not.
Drill size would be ~8.7 something, The clearence is quite wide already but will measure it.

What is your recomendation between the two alternatives (helicoil or bolt/nut)?
Many thanks
 
Hello,
Case is closed.
I managed to drill from the outside, 8.3mm drill so clearence was undisturbed.
I could makt the thread from the back side in nice alignment and mounted the new thread from the same place.
Seems as the best solution and I recommend it!
 
I was going to say that as long as your close to the alignment, since the hole is there already it will just follow the old hole but you got it figured.
 
Glad to hear you managed to sort it out. The helicoil is certainly the most "elegant" fix.

Just re read my original post and noticed that I forgot to mention that you would have also had to use a drill through the outer pinch face that was large enough to allow the tap and helicoil to pass through. The bolt hole would have ended up being very sloppy, this may have resulted in some "flexing" issues.
 
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