by lotii10396 » Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:48 pm
Thanks everyone. If they were OEM then I would know what brand coil to remove/replace, but I guess I'll have to figure it out. I know that there is a specific tool to remove helicoil inserts, does anyone know if it would work on "any" coil, and in particular one where the first thread is halfway down a hole?
FYI the original bolts for the handlebar mount are surprisingly short, they doesn't seem to even penetrate halfway through the hole. Add that to a low torque spec (as for plug cover bolts) and it would be pretty easy to strip the threads if you were even a little bit heavy handed. Which I can be, so I went for a Warren & Brown 322500: 10-140FT.LB-1/2 deflecting beam tension wrench as it gave me the full bike torque spec range in one tool.