repair inner clutch basket threads?

[Greaser Greg]

Stripped a bolt/screw hole in the pressure plate.  Helicoil or toss it?

[Jspooner]

Stripped a bolt/screw hole in the pressure plate.  Helicoil or toss it?

Do you mean in the hub? Where the 6mm threads are? The towers with the 6mm threads in them?

[Greaser Greg]

yes, sorry. tower where the bolt fastens through the plate.  one of the six holes is stripped.  Is there a torque value for those?  one of them always seemed kinda funky.
don't want to wreck the basket from my other engine.  Lowest recommended torque and blue locktite looking good at this point.

[rodneya]

No locktite on the clutch bolts needed.
If you use a helicoil, use red locktite to keep it in

[Jspooner]

Which style basket do you have? Maybe I have one.

[Greaser Greg]

This one.

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Joe is asking 6 plate (spider hub) or 7 plate (bolted back plate)?
All RD350's are 5mm X .8 threads (except RD350LC and RZ) not 6mm X 1 like the 400's.
I wouldn't try to repair it with a helicoil as it will be very weak and break boss mount off.
Chuck

[Greaser Greg]

Six plate early/r5 no bolts. Did the pic show up above?

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No locktite on the clutch bolts needed.
If you use a helicoil, use red locktite to keep it in

I disagree... a true helicoil is a wound coil and is held in by tension from it being oversized and needing a installer tool to install them in the smaller sizes. They do not use loctite.
Now a thread-sert or time-sert, yes... you can use loctite as they are a threaded body insert not just a spring coil.
Chuck

[SUPERTUNE]

Six plate early/r5 no bolts. Did the pic show up above?

Yes, pic is there... but angle is wrong to see it.
C

[Greaser Greg]

How's this?

[SUPERTUNE]

Perfect!
I would have to tear some core engines apart to see if I have one if Joe doesn't have one...
The one I know I do have... I used in the clutch postings is broken.
C

[Jspooner]

I've got several of those.