camshaft caps stripped hold down bolt..thread fix?

so i got thru the re-setting of my cams and tensoiner on my1981standard 1000j motor... and on the #3 cam cap the lower left bolt was spun and would not tork(spins)i pulled it out and the thread look to be covered in head material......can i heli coil ???thread insert???what is the fix...don't tell me i need a new head...i mean the bike...thanks guys...where do i purchase the repair stuff what thead pitch should i be getting ect......peace:unsure:

you can heli coil it.

i did one twenty years ago and none since...can you tell me where to look for some info on doing it ....thanks

any decent tool supply house or auto parts place will carry them and they come with excellent instructions.by the way that bolt size is 6mm x 1mm thread pitch.

ok sorry i searched the archives and found it thanks timebomb33

A thread repair can be done by using Heli-Coils,Keen-Serts or the popular Time Serts. All will require drilling to some extent.

do them all while youre in there !

trianglelaguna wrote:

so i got thru the re-setting of my cams and tensoiner on my1981standard 1000j motor... and on the #3 cam cap the lower left bolt was spun and would not tork(spins)i pulled it out and the thread look to be covered in head material......can i heli coil ???thread insert???what is the fix...don't tell me i need a new head...i mean the bike...thanks guys...where do i purchase the repair stuff what thead pitch should i be getting ect......peace:unsure:

sorry to hear...that sucks....when i put mine back together i was bigtime paranoid i would strip one after reading posts on subject...i went with a nice,
firm "snug" with oiled bolts.....so far, so good....good luck man....read up...a lot of posts on the subject.....keith

you know i should know about this ...but like i say i had a twenty year break in wrenching on a z...iremember my mechanic friend would say he knew how tight they needed to be by hand ..and i used to hand torque em too....now i gotta fix one and i think it was spun in there and i did not notice ..on removal....oh well...yeah i saw all the threads when i searched....thanks keithkeith1 wrote:

trianglelaguna wrote:

so i got thru the re-setting of my cams and tensoiner on my1981standard 1000j motor... and on the #3 cam cap the lower left bolt was spun and would not tork(spins)i pulled it out and the thread look to be covered in head material......can i heli coil ???thread insert???what is the fix...don't tell me i need a new head...i mean the bike...thanks guys...where do i purchase the repair stuff what thead pitch should i be getting ect......peace:unsure:

sorry to hear...that sucks....when i put mine back together i was bigtime paranoid i would strip one after reading posts on subject...i went with a nice,
firm "snug" with oiled bolts.....so far, so good....good luck man....read up...a lot of posts on the subject.....keith

If there's ONE place on any of the air cooled KZ engines that needs to be torqued properly, the cam caps are it.
Buy yourself a good inch-pound clicker torque wrench and USE IT....especially on places where you have ANY 6mm bolt.
My .02....

PLUMMEN wrote:

do them all while your in there !

I did ALL of mine years ago and have had the cams out countless times since.