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Hi all,a bit of a disaster has come my way,whilst torqueing down one of my cylinder head on one of my freshly plated barrels I have stripped out three of the stud threads,I need some heli coil inserts putting in.does anyone know of anyone around here who can do this,barrels are gettin very rare and I really would like to salvage this one,any advice would be greatly received,many thanks mark,,

Hi, you're Yeovil based aren't you? I'm afraid the only places I know are Exeter based, but if that's good enough speak to Derek at CMS

Smiler know someone who can do it in Wells

Must be loadsa engineering places in Yeovil surely

Phone Derek 01392 467700 and mention SWB or me and I am sure he will help you
You could do it by post.
C M S Motorcycle Parts
Vennybridge
Exeter
Devon EX4 8JJ

podrick wrote:Smiler know someone who can do it in Wells

Nope, no idea.......

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to be honest if you buy a kit they are really simple to do yourself. Just use a bit of care and time and they are fairly pain free!

Otherwise if it helps I know a custom bike painter in Wells, he might be able to point you in the direction of a bike mechanic?

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This may be of some use.........use them myself mainly on alloy cylinder heads [spark plug thread repair] works well

Many thanks all,found a place in somerton..very tempted to DIY it but had visions of over sizing!!!.replacements are getting bloody expensive and rare.thanks again all..

I would not advise helicoil they are a sprung thread & likely just to pull out if you do them as tight as you first did,if you used a torque wrench how come they pulled out? I always use timecert's they are a solid thread & very strong I have fitted them to brake callipers in the past when customers have stripped them out due to not useing a torque wrench! Also for spark plug hole's heli coils can be bad as they can push into cylinders timecert will not do this,downside is timecert's are expensive compared to helicoil but worth every penny! Hope this helps thanks John jb-motorcycleservices.co.uk