XT600 Oil Filter bolt threads stripped

[chucky55]

I bought a 7mm drill & tap, approx $10-12, I then re-tapped the thread with lots of grease on the Tap, the grease is to catch the swarfe from the tap. Grease up tap, turn 1/2 to 3/4 of a turn then remove tap, clean swarfe, grease up tap and reinsert and repeat.

I hope you can follow, I did not want to strip motor to clean swarfe residue from motor. With this technique, I was able to repair from outside of motor with no swarfe inside the motor.