what if i just take out the spacer(part B), that way i wouldn't have to drill it?

p.s. kolbe said theyd do it for $30-$50 + $40 towing since i don't wanna ride it out there while im missin an engine mount..but i dont wanna spend an extra $100.

 

I knew I would get some kicks outta that...

ya know I spent 300 on my girls car last week cause I didnt wanna have her pay 90 to replace her thermostat, ended up ****** up a buncha **** when I had a bolt break off, and even still tried to fix that myself...

sometimes its just worth the money...

oh yeah I think part A/B are only threaded to screw onto eachother.... its actually smooth going though em so the inside part of its not threaded.... thats why the threads on your bolt are only on the very end of it... not the whole way up... at least I think so... and yeah you wouldnt wanna take those out because as stated before, those are measured out a certain distance to maintain the right amount of space between your engine and the frame...

 

ohhhh ur rite

so like inolen said, ill drill the "spacer", the heli-coils are gonna be 13/32, so i think i should drill the spacer one size up from that, watta u guys think?

 

i dunno, seems to me like this is gonna be complicated enough to where if it were me id go ahead and take it to the shop, im sure you know someone with a truck, or do you have roadside assistance on ur insurance, if you do, they should do it for free... at least my insurance company does, i just gotta pay it myself, and they re-imburse me....

if you can do that itll save you the 40 for the tow, and you wont be sweatin bullets while you attempt to do this yourself worrying about ****** it up... just my

then when ur tools get there in the mail, put return to sender on the box, that way you dont have to pay return shipping, and get ur money back for those....

 

holy ****, u can do that? ... i had no idea!

same with usps, ups..etc?

but ya, i just called up my buddy whos got a shop, im gonna wait till i get the tools tomorrow, then take the bike and the tools to his shop....its about 0.38 miles away from where my bikes at. i can just walk it there.

hes not as big as kolbe, but he knows his ****. we'll see how it goes.

 

UPS, and FED EX, you can just say that you dont wish to accept the package, USPS you can write return to sender, a friend I knew, she would have her mom send her stuff, and when she wanted to send stuff back to her mom she would use the same box, and write return to sender, (usually within a couple days of recieving the package obviously you wouldnt wanna do that to a package you recieved 2 weeks before since the date is stamped on the postmark)

but yeah with postage rates going up, gotta save money wherever you can :YEAH

and as far as the .38 miles away, have fun with that, I had to push my bike less than that, and it sucked *****, granted it was slightly up hill but eitherway it still sucked...

let us know how it turns out...

 

4 sure, ill keep you guys updated.

btw, i posted this same issue on 3 other boards, and i got the best and quickest responses here.

SL RULES!!! :YEAH

 

drill, tap, insert helicoil, install new bolt, DONE. stop making a huge deal out of it. its easy

 

no one's saying that its not easy...there is just sooo much **** that can go wrong.

 

yup thats true... gotta be extra carful doin that **** especially since its a motor mount... not like you can mess up and say oh well let me get another one... this is a one shot deal........

 

well said.

 

$30-40 isn't a bad deal at all man if they are going to double up those helicoils.

Drive it there, missing one bolt isn't going to hurt.

 

ur rite, i think im gonna ride it out there tomorrow.

dude, i so wish that my bike was good right now, apparently crow and 50-100 other bikes are at this spot right now, bustin bunny hops n' ****.

 

the new avatar looks pretty good. Now go buy this

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...seBVCookie=Yes

 

dude i wish i had one of those

i was tightening it with a regular 1/2 wrench using a 3/8 adaptor....thats y it stripped

 

yeah it's only like 15-20 ft. lbs. It don't take **** to tighten it. Ive been wrenching for a while and I still don't trust myself on these bikes.

 

yea, def. worth a $100.

i have a 1/2 generic torque wrench....i stopped using it after i fucked up my header studs.

 

Probably from that 5150 bikenight.

I'll pass.

 

wats 5150 bikenight? xplicit?

 

holy ****, type in "f4i engine mount" on google, and im right there! :YEAH

update: kolbe picked up my bike yesterday at noon, almost 24 hours and they still havn't even looked at it. this is fucked up.