POS Yamaha bolts

[floridaredneck]

Why in the **** do yamaha use POS bolts and want to be threads!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just stripped 3 bolts out on my raptor! All with just those little baby ******* ratchets. What the hell is wrong with the raptor. Any one want a shitty ass raptor?

 

[jasonp]

Which bolts were they?

 

[yamarider]

Yamaha does use really shitty bolts. I stripped out and broke off countless bolts and threads on the warrior, and even on the 700 i've found that they're still cheap ****. The best thing to do, i've found, is to replace anything you take out with new ones. Especially when it's something that'll be a pain to remove when it breaks off, like clutch cover bolts. I've put those suckers in with a torque wrench and twisted the head off already.

 

[floridaredneck]

Exhaust bolt, side case bolts, timing chain tensioner bolt and countless other. It just pisses me off I can't even work on the dam bike without something stripping. Last time I'm going to work with a Yamaha, Honda's are a lot easer.

 

[jasonp]

Exhaust bolt, side case bolts, timing chain tensioner bolt and countless other. It just pisses me off I can't even work on the dam bike without something stripping. Last time I'm going to work with a Yamaha, Honda's are a lot easer.

Like you strip the bolt head out or the fastener breaks off inside or what??
I've taken my fourwheeler appart about 4 times now (at least) and the stock fastners are still in great shape and haven't striped one out. Are you using metric tools and a torque wrench.

 

[floridaredneck]

The threads of the strip, heads come off just about everything, yes I'm using metric and I was just tightening them down with a 1/4 socket then I was going to torque them but I never got that far.

 

[hatfield44]

I don't know how many grease zerks I have broke off my A-arms

 

[jasonp]

The threads of the strip, heads come off just about everything, yes I'm using metric and I was just tightening them down with a 1/4 socket then I was going to torque them but I never got that far.

yup that would piss me off too!!

 

[madcow]

Yea I've stripped too many bolts, especially hex heads. Why can't they just use good quality bolts?

 

[blonka]

A easy out kit should be your best friend. LOL

 

[floridaredneck]

Yeh easy out and heli-coils are some of my best friends along with PB blaster and a drill.

 

[griff]

Yeh easy out and heli-coils are some of my best friends along with PB blaster and a drill.

LOL! Aint that the truth....

All that stuff has saved my ass more than a few times.

 

[madcow]

Annoyingly, bolts stopped stripping after I got an easy out kit.

 

[ncwarriorrider]

The stator screws are another source of annoyance for me, I even heated the hell out of them knowing that they had been loctited and I still rounded them out horrendously.

 

[floridaredneck]

I've never rounded the head they just seem to snap off or the threads will get stripped. By the time im done my re-build ima have more heli-coils in it then anything else.

 

[dswwarrior350]

Always use a penetrant oil.... even if you dont need it, it still lubes the threads. And when putting bolts back in try a good anti seize. I have only ever had problems with the gas tank bolts really, and 1 clutch cover bolt.