rocker stripped?

[kadkme1]

hey guys. got a 04 ttr 225 here and alot of ticking in the head. went to adjust valves and intake checked out ok. exhaust on the other had is messed up. the little adjuster bolt thing with a square head wont thread in the rocker arm any more. it threads so far untill it just starts to stick out the bottom of the rocker then stops like it wont go any farther. almost like stripped or wrong bolt or something. very frustrating. it will run but with the most god awful head noise in the world! 

[freebird65]

You might take the nut to the hardware store and determine the thread size and pitch and then get a tap to clean out the threads.  I have had to replace the valve adjusting screw in the past (on a TTR230).  Don't really know how the threads could get that messed up.

[kadkme1]

ok. thank u very much for the reply. this is what i was ultimately what i was going to do but wanted to see if there was anything else first. been swamped with work so i apologize about delay. i will post results later on today.