I think new sliders is a must have on a good bike. It can turn an awesome project into a mediocre project in the eyes of some people. It's the little subtle things that catch the attention....details are important.

 

Am I asking for trouble by putting heat on the aluminium mount? As seen in 1st pic. Or better to heat bolt itself?

 

heat the mount itself, just dont get it red hot.

 

Roughly how long is max to keep heat on it mate? And if I do get the b'stard out is there a chance the threads will be shot and not usable again?

Cheers.

 

Threads are rarely shot to the point of unusability and if they are, you can put a helicoil or Time Sert in to recover them. You will definitely want to clean them out with a tap or thread chaser before inserting the new bolt which will be coated with copper anti-seize.

When I heat up stuff like that I generally give it a couple minutes with a propane torch (I use propane because it is lower heat than MAPP gas). I'd be tempted to let your mechanic at it now rather than later because the more you bugger it up now the harder it will be for him if he eventually gets it.

 

Yeah that's what im thinking, don't want to end up having to ride it to him minus an engine bolt

 

Where are you located?

 

Given the liberal sprinkling of "mate" and "cheers" in his posts, I'd guess Australia with England a close second.

:-)

 

Yeah, I got that!

 

how dare you?!

Irish.......