arghhh my poor superlight

[gnasher]

My lovely superlight Cylinder head bolt snapped. any ideas on how big of a job it is. its on the front cylinder. i live on the isle o man so am thinking of either selling it, as is or shipping it across but who could i send it to for repair ?

 

[mike s]

A common problem I think?
Hold off on your plans and buy practical sportbikes mag, one of the staff has just got a project 900ss with the same problem, their write up's are good and detailed, so you'll see how to do it hands on in the next month or so

 

[Macduff]

Heres someones work on replacing a broken stud. http://www.ducatitech.com/info/cyl_stud.html
Theres also a few thread on this over on Ducati.ms heres one I've just found http://www.ducati.ms/forums/57-supersport/129701-900ss-trials-tribulations-2.html
take time and care and hope the stud hasnt broken off flush or below the case flange.

 

[john b]

Hey, happened to me last year on my 900 ss engine out and west of scotland engineering drilled them out, has to be done with a fixed drill to avoid damage to the block, I flushed the engine througha couple of times with a cheap oil just incase. The new bolts from ducati glasgow where darker think its a common problem.