timing plate bolts came loose

[pokeatyou2]

ok i was riding last weekend when heard a weird noise coming from down near the crank ( I SHIT MY SELF LOL) it was real rattly so i shut it down. and scrathed my head for a couple of minutes and had a smoke. then because i was a couple of KMs down the beach i had to ride it back. so i jump back on kicked it over and proceded to ride back going easy on it ,xcept where a couple of dunes came about that i had to climb to get back by this time it was running like and absolute pig and the noise was getting worse. anyway i finally got it back and took it home. i thought about the noise on the way home and the timing plate jumped into my head( for reasons unknown). so when i got it home i ripped the stator cover of and sure enough the bolts that hold the timing plate had come loose and been rubing the flywheel. i could move the timing plate freely by hand easily past +10 and then back to -8 so thats explains the running like a pig.

 

but anyways the problem i now have is that the bottom bolt was the the worst one to have come loose and becasue of the movement from hitting the fly wheel the first 3-4mm of the thread in the case is gone. the left and top threads on the case and bolts are fine.

 

what should i do about the bottom thread in the case is there enough meat in the case to drill and tap?

also then i would have to modify the plate to accomodate the larger bolt in the bottom groove section.

 

i have already put i back together thinking that the remaining thread will be enough and put the it back together using loctite (stud lock) instead of just thread locker. i havent riden it again yet and i keep questioning my decision. it is bolted in with about 5-6mm of remaining thread

 

what do you guys think i should do go with it? tap it out? or any other opinions?

 

im just worried if it happens again wihich i dont think it will with stud lock it will really fuck somethin up.

 

THNAKS IN ADVANCE

[NYUK]

don t drill it. just get the next size up STANDARD tap and bolt to fit the hole. just run the standard tap in. use a little blue loctite on all 3 bolts so it doesn t happen again.