1978 gs 1000 e camshaft hold downs

[lrgguy]

YIKES $200??? my local machine shop will do it for $40, that is with the head off the bike of course, but $200?? you could buy all the OEM gaskets to do a top end rebuild for that.

This guy comes right out to your house ... therefor you dont have to remove the head , replace gaskets etc ...
Seems fair to me probably 2 hrs of his time his gas etc ..
Welcome to prices in down town toronto !!
I contacted 2 other machine shops and there both $80 an hr and you have to bring just the head in ....

[rustybronco]

How about putting a SMAW electrode down in the hole centered on the and then flip the switch on for 3~4 seconds? Nothing like a stuck electrode combined with resistance heating to grab and loosen a bolt at the same time.

[lrgguy]

How about putting a SMAW electrode down in the hole centered on the and then flip the switch on for 3~4 seconds? Nothing like a stuck electrode combined with resistance heating to grab and loosen a bolt at the same time.

I have never heard of this procedure to get a broken bolt out of a cylinder head ... sounds very cool !!!!

[rustybronco]

Neither have I. I just kind of rolled the idea around in my head. Figured if a welding electrode would stick to the metal you were welding on when it touched to the surface, it would stick to the bolt as well.

There is a rod out there that's pretty much self starting, I just can't for the life of me remember the number of it. I THINK it's E7024. I'll look when I get home.

I'd try it if it were my bike that this happened to.