GS1000 thread repair

by **nelly955** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:50 am

The threads are worn where the top of the rear suspension bolts to the frame on my 1979 GS1000E.
Anyone else had this and how is it best repaired? Should I cut a new thread with a die set??
And if so what size???

Any advice much appreciated.

Cheers.

by **Pedda** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:14 pm

I'd make it all one size smaller. Did so in the past with no probs.

by **YoshiJohnny MOD** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:24 am

You could take it down a size carefully then use a Time -Sert reversed so it threads over the newly threaded portion and stays at 10mm (IIRC) on the shaft. I am pretty sure an 8mm metric timesert has an outer thread of 10mm

TJ