Modern Vespa

shit - this well-priced P200 has been a funhouse so far.

One of the short studs behind the stator stripped out the case, so it needs adressing with a heliocore or something...maybe JB Weld, maybe time-set.

I'm curious what route has been successful in the past for others.

do not use JB WELD.

that should be a m7 bolt. just buy this:https://www.mcmaster.com/m7-helicoil-insert-repair-kits/ or have a shop do it for less.

how did it strip out? that takes talent.

I was resealing the case after a rebuild...went to torque it to specs and it stripped out. Considering all the other issues I've seen with this scoot, I'm not surprised it happened.

I appreciate your comment so much...

Just to confirm, the stud is stripped out of the clutch side of the case? Like one of the ones that doesn’t leave when you’re splitting the cases?

If so... ohhh baby... depending on which one and what bag of trick ya gots, you may be looking at a trip to the machinist.

Give us the pics!

-g

Ask and yee shall receive - the M7 stud stripped out. I was using a torque wrench below the actually specs; it was the only stud or bolt that had an issue.

$21 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Highking-Tool-Thread-Compatible-Repairing/dp/B07VYPLY63/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2ING4FO0131DE&dchild=1&keywords=helicoil+m7&qid=1614190632&sprefix=helicoil+m7%2Caps%2C224&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFZU0tXS05ETlo3SkYmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTEwMTY1NTQyNTZYUEVIWDdVN1JBJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAzOTAwMjZDRjc5OE9aTkdFMEMmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

You realize you are going to have to split the cases to do that properly, right ? You might want to check the others when you do.

Asian made; big difference!

That is correct.

Asian made; big difference!

yep - everything else tourqued fine. After that fiasco, I decided to check the rest and they're good.

Also, not sure why Asian solutions are a problem with respect to this...general distrust or a specific experience with thread inserts? Not everything out of Asia is shite, including actual Helicoil products, which are from India, I believe.

I'd spend the extra cash for a Time-Sert kit, myself.

And while that stud absolutely should not have stripped--the torque spec is barely more than hand-tight--if someone went all socket gorilla on that one, they probably did it on all of them and you may need to replace the others at some point when they fail, too.

on this one, i'm okay with a heli-coil. i'd prefer a timesert but because of location and forces on it i think a heli-coil would be fine and dandy. i'd replace that stud for sure, though.

either way you be splittin' dem cases again hombre.

-g