Subject: Gen Bracket Bolt Woes
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: May 15, 2005, 6:14 AM
Post ID: 1718868356
Took a nice ride with Cam, Bill Dudley and his wife (?) Kate yesterday,
about 150 mile shakedown run. Ambo handled great and ran very nice.
Pulled up to my driveway and heard a clacking noise. Looked under the
tank and saw the generator rattling around. Crap. Took the bike apart
and found that the head of the rear most bracket bolt had sheared off.
Got some reverse bits and easy outs from Cam and went to work this
morning. Got the 1/8" reverse bit to enter the center of the bolt, then
tried an easy out. It grabbed, then snap! S@$T!!!! Now I'm screwed.
Been trying ever since to drill out whatever I can with thoughts of
retapping the aluminum block, but in the process, the 1/8" drill bit
also decided to leave it's remains in the bolt also. Now I have no idea
what to do. Has anybody else had this problem and what did you do to
fix it? Will Greg Fields Alternator conversion work? Does it need that
rear bolt also? If yes, I'm screwed again. Damn, tha National is only
1.5 weeks away and it ain't looking good.
Keith Ruff
70 Cafe Racer Ambo
Manahawkin, NJ