stripped rear view mirror hole

[Guest]

The rear mirrors on my new to me 850 are too short and I'm constantly having to move my elbows to see behind me.

So I thought I'd swap out the mirrors from GS1000 temporarily while I source another set (the 1000 is under repair).

Removed the left hand mirrors from the 850 and 1000 and tried screwing into the 850. It seems the top few threads in the 850 hole are stripped and I'm having trouble screwing in either the 850 or 1000 mirror now.

Any tips on this that can get it sorted easily?

Thanks

[blowerbike]

for the left side mirror....just find a good used clutch perch.
this same item fit MANY GS model's.

[rwnielsen]

You can get a lever/perch assy on ebay for about $10. I have one and it's fine. Make sure you get the right size mirror thread, 10mm I believe

[tom203]

Or just get/borrow metric tap and clean up the threads in perch- top ones get buggered up. Look for mirrors off 80's Hondas- stick out nicely and no distortion.

[RobertGS]

Thanks a buddy is dropping of a set of taps to me tonight.

[bwringer]

Make sure you use the right tap -- it's a fine thread, 10mm X 1.25mm pitch.

As you mentioned, it's probably just the first few threads that are boogered up, so it should clean up easily with a bit of care.

[Phred]

Have not tried this yet but a friend says it worked for him. The threads were all buggered to the bottom, so he put some steel putty in, the stuff that comes with the hardener that you knead by hand, carefully re-bored the hole and then re-tapped it

[RobertGS]

Wow was that ever easy. Threaded the 10mm 1.25 pitch tap into the hole with my fingers, super easy. So much so I figured it didn't do anything. Then the mirror went in no problem.

New mirrors on order.