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I'm sure I'm not alone. Have lots of spare hardware, lots of taps and dies, and knowing (from experience) what breaks where and not - my personal tips.

I have a heavy hand - I know it. I know what breaks where and when - and still f-up and break bolts and strip things.

My savior is Kawasaki (and my Harley too) seem to make the bolts break/strip before the casing/critical part does.

Having said that, I'm very much aware of putting something together - and I don't have the soft alloy bolt to go in it's place - but maybe a hardened one - to be cautious if using a hardened bolt as a replacement.

I now have two hard-pointed small bolts in my clutch basket. OH yeah, when assembling I am VERY careful of over-tightening and not stripping out the basket.

BUT

I don't know the torque value for them and the rule-of-thumb for a fine 6/8-x was like 5lbs (memory serves....) and did not seem strong enough - so a little more - snap (below pic).

All I'm saying - especially for new builders is DON'T Be Heavy handed like me. I have - STUFF - and can overcome most of my f-ups, lotta people can't or spend a lot of un-necessary bucks.

My 2-cents.

http://boulier.com/h2/stripped.jpg

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

been there done that.

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she will never be pretty but she is a fun ride.

73 KAWASAKI H1 (Sold).
82 YAMAHA RD350LC
2000 KAWI KDX200H
2001 Triumph TT600

hamfist.......

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

A stripped bolt/nut simply becomes something to make something else BETTER out of.

Early in life I earned the nick name Jack The Stripper , to overcome the heavy hand I bought and used at all times a Snap On Palm ratchet aka a Stubby ratchet it helped, after a lot of time and experience my built in wrist torque wrench became well tuned and the problems of Jack The Stripper went away

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1975 S3 project bike
1974 H1 project bike
1972 Yamaha R5
1974 Yamaha RD350

Thanks all~! And that's the term I could not remember - HamFist! Thanks juck - er John.

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

Additional - I meant FU Moo - tell me YOU've never stripped or broken anything- I dare you

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

You got me there.... pretty much stripped and broken............

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

LOL - That'll buff out

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

Besides - you are a RACER!!!!!! I'm just a back-yard guy....

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...