Damaged triple clamp bolts
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:44 pm
Here's a slightly odd one..... over the winter I've been thoroughly checking over the 1975 350 Mark3 I bought last summer, there are a couple of other posts I put on here about the same bike.
Washing out the old crud from the forks I found the two stanchion clamping bolts in the top yolk are stripped at the same point in the thread, but the bolts in the bottom yolk are fine (one example of each in the photograph).
The yolks have been powder coated and the stanchions are a very tight fit. It seems unlikely, but is it possible that the top bolts should be shorter, rather than (my suspicion) that (the top) yolk threads weren't plugged or cleaned out properly. I don't want to get the tap and die set out if the bolts are actually the wrong length.
Second question. The rear (standard) shocks are pretty underdamped and bouncy. Are they like that as standard? Should I strip and service the shocks or buy a set of Hagons?
Thanks in anticipation.
Washing out the old crud from the forks I found the two stanchion clamping bolts in the top yolk are stripped at the same point in the thread, but the bolts in the bottom yolk are fine (one example of each in the photograph).
The yolks have been powder coated and the stanchions are a very tight fit. It seems unlikely, but is it possible that the top bolts should be shorter, rather than (my suspicion) that (the top) yolk threads weren't plugged or cleaned out properly. I don't want to get the tap and die set out if the bolts are actually the wrong length.
Second question. The rear (standard) shocks are pretty underdamped and bouncy. Are they like that as standard? Should I strip and service the shocks or buy a set of Hagons?
Thanks in anticipation.