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[kingsknight]

Alright lads,

Well had to replace the rockerbox gasket on my XR as it was pissing out oil and ALL 3 bolts snapped!

I easy outted the broken bolts and couldnt find any 10mm blots which fitted so i........

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blagged it! Any of you boys know when i can order 6 replacement bolts for my rocker box?
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[mad4it028]

why didnt you just cut them down???
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[kingsknight]

had nothing to cut them down with or i would have!
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[stonesie]

BAPP https://www.bapp.co.uk

B&Q www.diy.com

Any DIY shop should stock M6 bolts in various lengths. Get stainless ones, or put a dab of copper grease on the thread and they wont corrode in this time, you need to whip one back out and measure the length you need, the thread for bolts that need a 10mm spanner is M6

[kingsknight]

top advice thanks chap!
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[tahrey]

Heck, even Halfords carry stuff like this (and in smaller, more easily identified quantities). The problem comes if your existing ones are a wierd size, and you end up having to use the same trick or a massive stack of washers anyway.

Depending on how much leeway you're afforded on the length (say +/- 5mm at least), you might get away with what I did when replacing the spark coil bolts in my car (originals being torx heads of a length no-one else does, apparently made of lead) --- go for the next shortest length... For a low stress application like those or the rocker cover it should work, if the thread bites whilst the bolt head is still a ways proud of the seat. Wouldn't recommend it for structural or head bolts etc of course.

[stonesie]

I had a look on www.hondaoriginalparts.com and that says M6x28, they're not done up that tight so i would say M6x25 would be fine, or 6x30 if you add a washer or two

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[willis1337]

[kingsknight]

[tahrey]

What else is the grinder for?

Just so, yknow, I can be quicker off the ball next time a cheapie pops up in Aldi's...

[FreshAL]

Removing the stupid stock end can, removing large amounts of rust the quick way, porting the head on your 2-stroke*...




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[smegballs]

Not to mention an angle grinder is an excellent tool for facing up warped discs.

[tahrey]

[27cows]

Everyone who owns bikes should have a big collection of fasteners. Particularly if you own aged bikes, as I do lol
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[tahrey]

Yep... or any (older?) vehicle you plan on looking after yourself, in fact. Stuff gets dropped into non-dangerous but totally inaccessible bits of the workin's, skitters away across the garage floor, snaps or is totally rounded off...

Now regretting chucking away - but a couple of weeks ago - a discombobulated wiring connector chopped off an old VW of mine that's been hanging around & getting in the way for years. "Never gonna use that"... and would've been just the right size/shape to adapt the old horn socket on my current, quietly feeping 4-wheeler to fit the replacements I bought.

(£10 "hootaz" from local bike shop, probably gonna end up costing me more than the ~£15 saved over the halfords models that i bet would have bolted / plugged straight up)