Chain adjuster broken off (what to do best?)

I got my brp with a broken chain adjuster on the right site, anyone know how to fix that?

drill it out?

Mine did the same thing. Water gets in the hole from the chain slider and bracket for the rear brake line causing the bolt to cease in the threads. I picked up a new adjuster bolt( xrs only quick change now) found out the thread pitch, and went down to my local NAPA aout parts dealer. They have thread repair kits or thread inserts that will fix it right up. Basically you drill out the remainder of the bolt and the hole to a slightly larger size.( remember to make a center punch in the middle of the remaining bolt piece) Tap the hole with the supplied tap in the kit and insert the thread coil. (break off the tang so your adjuster bolt will thread all the way through) I applied some high strength thread lock so it will never come out. After it dries you can reassemble. I also applied anti-seize to the adjuster bolts. You might also want to remove both adjusters and blow out all the condensate with compressed air, then spray a bunch of WD-40 or some other moisture displacing liquid into the swing arm. That will help as well. good luck and keep the drill straight!!!

I don't what you call them over there, but here we've got these things called 'Easy out's'. Basically they are like a tapered tap with a left hand thread.(you can pick up a set from a good hardware or engineering shop) You drill a small hole down the guts of the broken bolt, insert the stud extractor and hopefully wind it out. Thats the theory anyway. Make sure you give the offending bolt a good soak in penetrating oil, like overnight, or you will be pretty much wasting your time.

I know this to be true cos I snapped an adjuster off in the swingarm of my SS 900 Duc. Followed by snapping off the stud extractor in the painstakingly drilled out hole.

Followed by the loudest profanity ever known to mankind.

thnkz for the help

im gonna drill it out and see whats left after that.

greets

I drilled out mine last night with an 8.8mm drill bit and then tapped the holes with an M10 x 1.25 tap, and wound in new bolts and nuts and job done in an hour and a half.(must drill small pilot hole as a guide first and keep drill as straight as possible).

i did the same
drill it out with 7,5 or was it a 8mm? dunno anymore
then new tap and alot of grease inside
also job done in about 1 hour



for those who ride alot in (salt)water....be sure you grease the adjusters from time to time or else you need to drill em out like us