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That neon sign is lit. Also - did you customize your sling with ROK straps? That's peak motorcyclist right there. ~RF9

Ari repairs a bike with only one arm 👍

I'm not sure which hurts more: Ari's shoulder or his soul from intentionally stripping that drain thread. I hope both get a speedy recovery.

Stop hurting yourself, man. This community can't afford to lose you.

It will be a sad day when Ari & Zack retire. I literally got into motorcycles because of these 2 & their bromance!

Grease on the tap to catch the metal filings. Good trick! I learned something today.

This was an extremely well done and informative post (as usual) - Bravo. Sorry to see that you clipped your wing, Ari, but that's why we love ya - you are the real deal. Great stuff.

I'm getting very good ryanf9 vibes from this video. I want more.

To keep shavings from falling into the cylinder, set the piston at bottom dead center and fill the cylinder with shaving foam. Once you're done creating shrapnel, turn the engine over to squeeze out the foam which will carry out the shavings.

Thanks for the video! I always wondered what I would have to do in case I ruin the oil-plug threads. Wishing you a fast recovery from your injury!

Godspeed on healing!!!!! As always, the best videos on the subject avail ANYWHERE today!!!🤘🏼🤘🏼

Ouch! Hope you recover quickly and well, Ari! Thanks for another great video!

I hope you're ok. I've heard that torn ligaments can hurt pretty bad. Love that you're still doing videos though, this series is incredible.

This was a really well done video. Awesome video with no time wasting and just pure knowledge. Thank you!

This is a great video, straight to the point and easy to understand. I just installed not one but 2 helicoils on my Versys 650 using this video as a tutorial. Overtightened a couple bolts on my new aluminum hand guard brackets and striped the threads. Lot cheaper than new brackets! Plus I have a new trick in the toolbox for next time… I’m sure this won’t be the last time I mess up some threads. Thank you Ari for the great video and helping me fix my mistake!

The TimeSert likely pulled out earlier because it's designed to have the bolt head against it, for the correct depth. It likely would have snapped the head of the bolt off if used as intended to make a flush surface for the bolt head.

Finally! I know the right way to do this! Thanks for all the great knowledge Ari! Get better soon!

Just goobered up one of my spark plug holes recently. Got a tap called a back tap. This tap chases the threads in reverse, reducing the potential for getting junk in the cylinder head like a normal thread chaser would. Extra cash but well worth it!

Wishing you fast recovery man so you and zack can do more CTXP videos!

I always learn something from you. I hope your shoulder heals quickly. Thank you

You guys are blessed living on a 1st world country, I was sent from the US long time ago as a General Director of a NYC company out of the 500 fortune magazine. Long story short I got engaged with a native woman, then again and now I live here permanently. I do part time mechanic only in our cars. All the tools here are imported, kits like this or other high tech tools are imported as well. The trash they sell here is all made in China. Local shops are big scammers. Something sold in the US for 20 USD cost 60 here. The things is if they sent the wrong part you're screwed. I wish I had never left the USA.

Thanks for the video, Ari! Wishing for your speedy recovery.

Thanks Ari for the video... Get well soon Ari...

Had the bolt snap on the clutch cover. Ended up sticking a helicoil in it as I’m pretty used to doing that at the machine shop I work at. Another awesome video. 🙌🏻

Wishing you a fast recovery.

This is the best video on this subject that Ive ever seen.

I really wish I saw this video years ago! Greta job and get well soon Ari!

I've used an insert before that is like a time sert, but it has a knurled top edge and it comes with a special punch to flare out the top knurling to hold it into place once screwed in. Worked great on my kz650 oil drain plug.

I hope you get well soon , please take care of you self Ari. And keep up the good work , really apriciat the video thanks

Thanks and I hope you recover quickly.

I've the same problem on my cbr 250r oil cover.. I temporarily solved the problem by putting a little bigger bolt but the next time I open it I'll be needing helicoil. Thanks Ari.. Love you bro.

Phenomenal video, the insert comparison at the end was great.

Thanks for the amazing content Ari. I hope you recover well!

I second zdc590. Your production quality and content is truly excellent and that's coming from someone who spent more than 15 years in New Zealand and Japan being part of video and film productions. Thank you and stay safe.

This was a great vid covering something we’re all bound to encounter at least once. Looking forward to another one covering rounded & broken off bolt heads!

Had never heard of a thread chaser until this repair video. Good to know it exists rather than jumping straight to a tap-and-die system. Just used JB Weld for first time repairing a tail trunk - fiberglass tape plus epoxy. Not pretty but hopefully it'll hold.

Wishing you a quick recovery.

wishing you a speedy recovery mate. Get well soon.

Thx for the video helped me fix cross threads on my frame!

Great video as always Ari. Heal-up quick and completely amigo.

Excellent video. I actually remember pulling threads out of a magnesium fork when removing V-brake bolts. They put red loctite on them which pulled the threads right out. It was a crappy Rockshox fork on a 1995 Specialized Rockhopper A1 Comp (which I still have, with new fork, etc.).

I was looking for comparisons on the Helicoil and timesert for another application, but this video was absolutely perfect even though I don’t ride motorcycles lol

I've seen JB Weld used to fix a cracked block on an 120 Mercury Outboard. That's when I realized how JB Weld can be used and how great it is.

Thanks! Love your site by the way; always buy gears from you guys. I'm glad I watched this as I wasn't 100% sure if the JB Weld would actually hold...I'm going to use Helicoil!

If you don't have a thread chaser and you've done the thing that sometimes happens where you've somewhat mangled all the threads, but not totally removed them, taking a clean bolt of the correct size and driving it in 1 full turn at a time (i.e. 1 turn, back out, clean hole and bolt, 2 turns, back out, clean whole and bolt, and so on until you've done all the threads), it can save you in a pinch.

Great video. I had to learn this stuff the hard way.

Best shop manual yet.

For non critical fixings you can wind a thin piece of copper wire around your bolt. The soft copper will fill in the spaces caused by the stripping. I used that trick on a sprocket cover where the thread in the engine block was stripped.

Very good presentation - and thanks for testing JB Weld.

Oversizing the hole to next level by drilling and tapping has worked for me well.

Well this settles the debate on whether or not helicoils are weak!! Awesome video

JB weld is great for fixing damaged sealing surfaces. Had a track drive on a 200T crane bearing come apart and gouged the sealing surface. A new output drive was 6 weeks out, so me and the other mechanic decided to buy all the JB weld the local parts house had in stock and we filled in the gouges then used fine emery cloth with oil to smooth it out. That was 8 years ago and it still hasn't leaked.

Another awesome episode, Ari. Heal fast!

Quick tip from a machinist here, DO NOT PUT HELI-COILS IN EVERYTHING! THEY DO NOT SEAL AIR OR LIQUIDS! So if something needs to hold pressure or liquid in it use a different insert to repair the hole. Something like a slimsert or a keensert.

Excellent video Ari, get well soon.

First off, thank you for what you do! You're always my first goto repair education for my bike (2017 HD Dyna Lowrider). This video really hits home and definitely will invest in helicoil. Question I have is depth: how do you know how deep you need to go? Example, exhaust studs! It was a sad day! Hope you get better and I'll let you know how it turns out. Take it easy!

Just overtightened my drain bolt. This couldn't have come at a better time.

This is so useful. That what i said to the mechanic to just rethread or something but he told me to just get a new engine case. never came back

Very clear explanation. Get well soon!

This was a good video. I stripped a plug thread once at the track. Tossed JB weld on it and let it cure overnight. It held for 2 seasons before I needed to change plugs and just swapped the head. Works in a pinch, but like the video isn’t a good repair option.

Keyserts are another option too. Great Video !!

Hope you heal quickly.

We need way more Ari and Zack videos! I thought time-serts were supposed to be stronger than helicoils?

Great video. Hope your shoulder feels quickly.

As always, you make great vids and wishing you get better brother.

Did the whole helicoil rigmarole a couple of months before this video, it was for one of the tank holes on the aluminium frame. Super nerve-racking procedure!!. Make sure you use cutting oil, will make everything go smoothly.

Get well asap :) all the best from Thailand

Wishing you a fast recovery! Personally, I stripped out the drain plug on my V-Star. Another option, which I used, was to tap a new hole and use an oversized bolt with a crush washer. I wouldn't recommend this on areas where you have limited metal or bolt space, but for the drain plug it worked like a charm. Also don't use this on areas with a higher torque spec. I suspect the high torque on a larger-than-spec bolt could just lead to another stripped out hole. Then you're really f***ed.

Fast recovery 🙏 Ari

I've seen a pro mechanic install a Timesert to fix spark plug threads with the head intact, they put the cylinder in TDC making sure valves were closed then they used grease to catch most shavings and after used compressed air to get all shavings out. So probably possible just have to be extra careful

nice to see I'm not the only one who is heavy into the gospel of Rok Straps, never thought of using them on a shoulder sling though. Get well soon.

We can't afford to lose you sir😣😣😣😣 Im from Philippines sir your biggest fan👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋 The best mechanic i only rely on my motorcycle.

Love these videos. Keep ‘em coming👍

Timesert is the shit! Used it to fix bottom drain plug on my vtx 1300. It has two drain plugs. Kept leaking. I called their customer service and they said it had to be tightened more. I felt like I was stripping it again just like Ari says in the video. But, after that it never leaked again and is more solid then a new bike!

The JB weld makes a great pipe dope for sloppy pipe threads. I’ve even used it on the manifold of my California air tools compressor that is made out of aluminum, and it’s lasted more than two years.

Thanks for the knowledge and get well soon. Love your video.

get well soon brother....

This video is sooooo important really.

I've used a timesert on a spark plug hole without removing the head. No shavings ended up in the cylinder. I used a lot of grease and first made sure the exhaust valves were open. Once I was done installing the time setting I used compressed air to blow any shavings out the plug hole.

We use both the Helocoil and the TimeSerts great products.

Another great video. Thanks Ari!

I think it would be fair to mention the option to make a thread for a bigger bolt. Not as neat, but better emergency repair then JB weld.

Nice video. In quite some cases you can increase to the next bolt size and rethread too, I guess.

Ari single-handedly testing the repair methods.

Great vid!! Get well soon Ari!

I got an ad for JB Weld.

Really well done video!

damn do I love revzilla, another great video!

Finally a new video of The Shop Manual!!! You should have your own channel !!! :D

this video is GOLD

I cross threaded one of the holes on the bottom of the fork where the caliper mounts to trying to bolt the caliper back on. Luckily the shop was able to fix it using one of these methods I’m sure. Now I just have one larger bolt and 3 stock ones. Better than replacing an entire fork!

Great information! But!! A quick trick. Instead of a thread chaser he first showed.. you can cut grooves “flutes” into a bolt. And it works the exact same! I’ve done it several times! This only fixes holes that are cross threaded. Bonus tip! If you strip out a bolt hole, cut a piece of steel wire, and put it in the hole, and insert the bolt. This does work! Ari is showing the right way to do this. But if you need help in a pinch you can cut some corners.

Ride safe sir 🙏

solid vid......outstanding! subscribed.

Excellent video. I've started using a 1/4" drive more often to counter my He-Man strength. lol.

get well soon Ari!

Very informative thanks

Incredibly useful to someone who killed many a caliper bolt threads

yeah last year bought a used sv1000s. had no major problems, went to change the oil. saw that they had a temperary rubber plug, which was working. Decided to use an insert and used the wrong Tap w/ Red locktite long story short had to rebuild the entire engine with an ebay crankcase, but hey she runs like a beauty though. Moral of the story, use your brain and stress less about getting your bike rideable within a day, spend the few extra bits of time to do it right :)