Well I bought a z1000 and at about oh...mile 250 some old lady really wanted into my lane and she pushed me into the curb. So I went down and it hurt but my bike was hurt more...The dents and scrapes I can deal with, but my generator cover (left side of course) was trashed and when i got a new one to replace it I saw that the bottom most bolt hole on the BLOCK was cracked completely off...

what do I do? Do I need a whole new engine...I didnt even have insurance yet, so this sucks....

 

Can you post a pic of it so we can see how bad it is?

 

No mamm, you can tap it out, get a drill bit and carefully drill a small hole in the center of the broken off bolt, next get a set of left hand drill bits, go one size up from the orignal drill bit and slowly back it out, the only other way it to, drill and tap the hole

 

A pic is worth a thousand words or so they say! I am trying to picture your situation Z1000

 

dont panic untill we see asses the situation. theres zip ties, duct tape, helicoils, jb weld and us. we can fix anything

 

i agree with evil if you can duck it F*ck it

 

we got a killer set of tools

 

Ill get a picture since words arent coming ascross right...I gotta go to my friends going away party right now though...but ill describe it a bit more till i can post a picture.

the crach is in the block itself, theyre are 4 or five bolt holes around the generator that the cover bolts on to. The bottom most bolt flange? i guess....cracked all the way around and fell the heck off...

A friend of mine tried to jp? jd? weld it...and it looks like crap now, and it leaks mad oil...i feel like im gonna cry.

I mean i ruined a 8 grand bike already! who would ever buy it from me like that!


sigh...well i gotta go, ill post pics of the mess tonight.

 

ohh its not even there any more, hmm i mis understood that, new plan, yeah without pics zthou, were at a blank drawing board

 

why has your friend discrased the jb weld [:@]