those of you who are good with metal...

[Barney]

what youre looking at is the backside of my right side rearset, where the post that holds the brake pedal on lives.  my bike was tipped over a few weeks ago, and i thought the pedal was bent, but upon closer inspection, it was actually the post that holds the lever - it bent pretty severely, and when I pulled it out, i found this stripped out - so my question is, can it be worked with, or is it toast?

I looked up the part number and it's actually not too bad - 127 for the rearset plate, and 6 bucks for the post - but it needs to come from Italy...

any thoughts?

[Speeddog]

Time-Sert

[SpikeC]

 I can't imagine that those parts are not in stock somewhere in the US. I mean, that seems like a fairly common spot for crash damage.

[Barney]

one would think...i only sourced from one dealer who claims to have the largest inventory of oem parts though. I did send an email to revzilla cause they're pretty much in my neck of the woods, but I doubt they'll be of much help in this paticular case.  seems like more work than it's worth to try and track it down with maybe only 1-2 weekends of real riding season left here in the northeast though. it'll be a good excuse to take the ktm out for a romp if I can't find 'em around here

also, that time-sert thing, where can one find that? 

[Speeddog]

This is the manufacturer:
http://www.timesert.com/

If you Google it you'll likely find somewhere close to you that has 'em.

[Howie]

Usually on a part like that I would suggest, for $127 get a new one.  A properly installed Time-Sert will make that better than new.

[Barney]

I'll do a little more research, but it appears that a kit or to have someone install a shim will probably cost more than the price of the new part...

i may know a guy though

[Dirty Duc]

http://www.amazon.com/TIME-SERT-Metric-Thread-Repair-1812/dp/B001JK44LG

[Barney]

well, now it's looking like something to consider. 

thanks for that link!

[coduc]

You can also install a heli-coil.  I've had good luck with them.

http://www.amazon.com/Helicoil-5546-8-Metric-Coarse-Thread/dp/B0002SREP4/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1380987882&sr=1-1&keywords=m8+x+1.25

[Barney]

i sucked it up and ordered the new parts, but I may still drill it out and install a shim, just to say I did it...

[Skybarney]

I am a fan of the heli-coils for a cheap fix.  Time Serts are a better product though.  I recently fixed a stripped bolt hole on another project and it works great.  Cost was $24.00 for a heli-coil kit at NAPA.

[ellingly]

Time-serts are good. I wrote a guide on putting them in years ago: http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=14009.0

Subsequently done a bunch of M6 and M8 stuff on the race bike. Only last week did I timesert the new rearsets for the fiancees race bike - now I can actually mount the master cylinder to the right-hand side . Very handy bit of kit to have around - I've loaned mine out for the price of the inserts and some .