rearset bracket lower hole rethread?

[Ernest Montague]

drill out and nut


On Aug 4, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Jo Rhett wrote:

> I may have broken the bolt, but when I was tightening down the rearset 
> bracket on my 2005 yesterday the bolt went soft on me and never got 
> tight.  I assume the threads are torn to crap or something.  Obviously 
> replacing it would be replacing the entire carcass, so that's out of 
> the question.
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> Choice 1: tap a slightly bigger thread and use a replacement bolt -- 
> can do
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> Is there a choice 2?  Any options for keeping the same bolt size?  
> Stuff I can fill in there, and then re-tap with the same size die?
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> Jo Rhett /  velociRaptor Racing
> #553 WERA / AFM
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