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    please, magic engine guru, give me a sign!

    Since Ive already mentioned that everyone on these other forums SUCKS, ill refrain from talking about that anymore...

    Retapping the rear cylinder head on my buell xb12r ( same basic evo engine as the 1200 sportsters, just reworked ), the cylinder head is aluminum, ive got a helicoil im using to repair a stripped out sparkplug hole ( yet again why i hate having anybody else work on anything of mine ), and it was a bitch to tear down. So im putting in the helicoil, its actually called a perma-coil, same basic principle though, and im wanting to make sure that the coil does not slip lose the next time i go to change my sparkplugs and i have to this all over again. I know, the best way would have been to use a time-sert, but this is the next best thing. Im thinking of using either jb weld or high-temp loctite on the threads of the perma-coil when i install it in the head...any ideas?
    79 XS11 special "Loki" - homemade 4-2 exhaust, pod filters, rebuilt forks with progressive springs, tkat fork brace, progressive shocks, rebuilt all brakes and MC's, rebuilt carbs with #142.5 main and #42.5 pilot, a custom front and chin fairing, and a handmade set of saddlebags....

    09 YZF-R1 " Toothless"

    04 Buell XB12R "Butterfly"

    "I had a name at some point, a birth-name, but now everyone just calls me Wolf...."

    Wolf
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    Its late and i just realized this is the second post ive made in the wrong location....whoops....
    79 XS11 special "Loki" - homemade 4-2 exhaust, pod filters, rebuilt forks with progressive springs, tkat fork brace, progressive shocks, rebuilt all brakes and MC's, rebuilt carbs with #142.5 main and #42.5 pilot, a custom front and chin fairing, and a handmade set of saddlebags....

    09 YZF-R1 " Toothless"

    04 Buell XB12R "Butterfly"

    "I had a name at some point, a birth-name, but now everyone just calls me Wolf...."

    Wolf
    Moto Militia MC

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    • #3
      Red loctite

      Use some red loctite with highest temp setting. Head gets hot, so dont get lowest setting. And always pull plugs when engine is cool.


      John
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      • #4
        They make spark plug specific heli-coils that after you thread them in up hit the install tool with a hammer and is sets some "teeth" into the base material so it cannot BS k out again.

        The threads are also better made to prevent leakage.
        Nathan
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        Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
        Green Monster Coils
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        Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

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        • #5
          Originally posted by airborneXS View Post
          Its late and i just realized this is the second post ive made in the wrong location....whoops....
          Hi Wolf,
          what's wrong with a question about a Buell being in the "other bikes" forum?
          It's asking about XS/XJ11s here that confuses me.
          Fred Hill, S'toon
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          • #6
            it got moved here fred

            it started out not here and mod moved it to correct forum so now it looks odd.


            John
            John is in an anonymous city with an Alamo (N29.519227,W-98.678980)

            Go ahead, click on the bikes - you know you want to...the electrons are ready.
            '81 XS1100H - "Enterprise"
            Bob Jones Custom Navy bike: Tkat brace, EBC floating rotors & SS lines, ROX pivot risers, Geezer rectifier, new 3H3 engine

            "Not all treasure is silver and gold"

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            • #7
              I know they make these inserts for Ford Triton motors. They're bad about spitting out spark plugs and stripping the holes out. They make a kit for them, but don't know much about what exactly you're doing with the Buell. I've had to do 4 of the 8 holes in my son's pickup and they are a more permanent fix than original.
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              *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
              '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
              '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
              '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
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              • #8
                Originally posted by jwhughes3 View Post
                it started out not here and mod moved it to correct forum so now it looks odd. - - - John
                Hi John,
                that makes sense; it would be nice if the mod added a little note, like moved from xxx forum so as not to bewilder the elderly.
                Fred Hill, S'toon
                XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                "The Flying Pumpkin"

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