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Tony Press
Apr 4, 2017 - 4:21AM
Re: Un-seizing a sleeping engine

Mark,

They look like a hex head so unscrew and fit proper helicoils - with suitable short bolts for the starter !

Cheers, Tony.

Location: Melbourne. Victoria, Australia.

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Dave Armstrong
Apr 4, 2017 - 9:22AM
Re: Un-seizing a sleeping engine

Or if the starter fits well onto these - maybe the holes in the starter housing have been opened out to suit - just take the 'Helibolts' out and file the bottom at the angle of the bellhousing to give a clearance - and reuse them? I suspect the threaded holes in the crankcase will be too big to get the right size proper Helicoil in?

Dave

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Apr 4th, 2017 - 9:22 AM
Mark McKibbin
Apr 4, 2017 - 9:30AM
Re: Un-seizing a sleeping engine

Dave Armstrong
Or if the starter fits well onto these - maybe the holes in the starter housing have been opened out to suit - just take the 'Helibolts' out and file the bottom at the angle of the bellhousing to give a clearance - and reuse them? I suspect the threaded holes in the crankcase will be too big to get the right size proper Helicoil in?

Dave


You were right Dave, I measured up on a spare engine and cut the "Helibolt" down by 3mm and used a strong loctite and it seems good.

Cheers, Mark

Location: Rokeby, Victoria, Australia

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Ruairidh Dunford
Apr 4, 2017 - 10:50AM
Re: Un-seizing a sleeping engine

I'm glad you were able to work it out Mark - I had a feeling it was something in that area causing the jam

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