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Bradders:
Thanks for your replies guys. I’ve never tapped bolts before, is it reasonably easy to do?

Laverdaroo:
dead easy, just get yourself a good you tube vid and youll be fine. Its terribly satisfying. That and get a chart showing drill sizes for various tap sizes, puts your mind at ease somewhat if youre not used to it. Just ask Siri what size drill for what ever size youre doing and a chart will come up thats really useful to keep.

Oddjob:
Get yourself a half decent tap and die set. Metric of course. Tapping alloy is fairly easy, steel is harder and more force is required so a cutting oil is used.

I would also advise getting a chuck type tap wrench, they make keeping the tap straight a lot easier.

Bradders:
Thanks for your advice. I shall probably leave it till the winter when I have the bike off the road and look at it then. Cheers.

Lobo:
Bradders - you’ll be after something like this. It’s not rocket science to do, and suddenly you’ll be repairing things that didn’t need repairing - as mentioned, very satisfying.

Obviously practice on a couple of scrap pieces first…

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