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OK, putting on some protection on the new bike. Previous owner handed me unmounted frame sliders. Pretty straight forward as far as frame sliders go, two engine mount bolts come out, new frame slider bolts go on, pucks, trim covers for pucks.
However, PO mentioned that when he tried to put one of the bolts in (the longer one, assuming the left/ECU side), he stripped the threads.
So he abandoned the project and just put the original engine bolts back on.
My questions -
- Safe to assume that the threads inside my engine are now stripped? The original engine bolts went back in fine since they don't go as deep?
- Should I run a tap through the engine to clean up the threads? Tapping the frame mount of an engine makes me nervous.
- Should I retap the threads on the bolt and re-use? Or find a new clean bolt instead? I don't have my spare hardware case with me right now, but it looks very similar to a front brake caliper bolt.
Thanks guys.