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Re: Argggg...Stripped Spark Plug (73B)

To: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@iname.com>
Subject: Re: Argggg...Stripped Spark Plug (73B)
From: Rene van Maanen <renevm@support.neth.hp.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:10:08 +0100
This also worked fine on my CB350 and the 360 I have owned.

The helicall (not coil) which replaces the old one is made of steel, and
not aluminium. That makes it better.

Rene

Andrew B. Lundgren wrote:
> 
> As a child we had a 100cc motorcycle that was prone to fouling its
> plug.  As we where children eventually we cross threaded the plug...
> We were able to get it out.  We pulled the head and were able to repair
> the head.  We ran a thread cutter of the same size through the hole to
> realign the threads.  (probably got lucky, but it worked...)
> 
> On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 21:42:26 -0800, Nick Coleman wrote:
> 
> >I was using a Color Tune (just got it from Moss) to set the carbs.  When I
> >screwed the color tune spark plug in, it stripped the threads on the head.
> >It must have been out of alignment (obviously) as I started screwing it in
> >(the color tune plug is small and hard to line up).  And, this is on the new
> >Aluminum Head I just installed--Arggggg.
> >
> >Not sure where to go from here.  Thoughts?  Is this something that will
> >require removing the head and taking it into a machine shop.
> >
> >Nick (who is very frustrated at the moment)
> >73B
> >
> >
> >
> 
> --
> Andrew Lundgren
> lundgren@iname.com

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