Anyone know what the size of those tiny little crap screws that hold the brake reservoir cap on is ? Went to bleed my brakes for a track day this weekend and ended up stripping out the heads due to the soft metal

I might be able to match them at fastenal tomorrow, but I didn't know if anyone had a better solution than stupid philips head screws.

Thanks.

 

Screw size is M4x.7-12 if anyone else has this happen to them. Found a box of 12 so I should be good for a while even if they continue to get chewed up. Might try to find a better solution down the road with allen or torx bit heads if possible.

 

I bought the allen head countersunk cap screws from Fastenal for that purpose. Put them in the reservoir cap on the Zephyr, now I need them in the KLX, the heads on them are stripped. They aren't too expensive and fit a bunch of other bikes. Get the bright zinc plated, the black oxide will rust REAL fast. They're the equivalent of bare steel.

 

That is exactly what I need. I'll have to swing by fastenal at some point and see if I can pick some up along with some float bowl replacement allen head screws for the KLX and the 600.

Why in the world they thought philips head screws were a good idea in these applications I will never know.

 

They work well with machine assembly.

 

 

 

Less cost buying a bag of countersunk allen heads at Fastenal. Put 'em in all the bikes. Here is the listing I don't remember how long the fasteners are, but dirt cheap -
Flat socket cap screws