| Author | Message | ||
     Camronnie |
Just rotated my motor out to change the rocker box gaskets, my rear cylinder is leaking and figured I would change out the front as well. Going by the book, I started to torque the screws back on the rear. Lucky for me, as I was doing my final pass to full torque, a screw sheared! After freaking out, actually getting a reversal bit to work, flushing with oil and cleaning out every spec I could see with a magnet or Qtip, I felt fairly confident I could close it back up. My question is, with needing a new screw, is there a better screw to use? Stainless (I'm assuming with the cover being aluminum, no matter what I use would have galvanic corrosion)? Stay with the socket head cap screw or use a hex head cap screw? Has anyone used some sort of locking screw, like a stage 8 for these, or switched to a wire-lock cap screw? | ||
| Submax |
I may be a bit unadventurous...but I tend to stick as close to stock as possible when it comes to these kinds of things unless there is a very good reason not to. Glad that you were able to get the old screw back out and there appears to be no further damage! (Message edited by submax on March 24, 2015) | ||
| Fast1075 |
Typical stainless is a very poor choice. It galls and shears easily. The only real advantage to stainless is the anti-corrosion properties. | ||
| Greg_e |
Just buy new ones. I had the same problem and replaced as many as I could buy. |
