Drain plug stripped--self-tapping plug?
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From: Carlin on 20 Aug 2007 16:20 Fake Name <fakename(a)fake.com> wrote: > You're taking some heat for stripping the threads on an oil pan and > some heat is well deserved. But I think some of the comments are a > little over the top here and in a.m.sportbike too. You are not the > first person to strip a thread and you will not be the last. I totally agree that I deserve some of the flames. I made a mistake. Oops. Thanks for your understanding. :-) > I didn't own a torque wrench when I first started working on cars. I > bought one when I bought a SAAB as my second car at age 20. I now > have four, three clicky types and one beam. There is enough overlap > that I can check them against each other. Even the best Snap-On > clicky one has a 4% error factor. The beam type needs lots of space > to use and unless you can look straight down on it, parallax will keep > you from being able to read it. Yes, I'll have to get a good clicky torque wrench. > Some were discussing magnets to get out debris. That's fine for iron > but I've not seen the magnet that can get out copper or aluminum. Good point. I would either flush it well with lots of oil (i.e., everything I drain out of it before the operation), or remove the oil pan as others have suggested. > Before you try to remove the exhaust, squirt a bit of pb blaster on > the bolts the day before. If any of the bolts seem stuck, don't give > into the temptation to simply grab a cheater bar and twist. Try to > tighten them a bit then back them off. If that fails get a > non-ratcheting tool, like a box end wrench or a 3/8 drive tool and > work them back and forth. Even though they will seem not to move the > back and forth will work them loose. If that fails get a small hammer > and tap on the end of the tool in the direction of removal. When I > say tap I mean about a 1-2 inch swing the tapping will take some time > but it has never failed me to loosen up a stubborn bolt. Do not swing > for the fences just little tap tap taps will do. Very nice. I appreciate you sharing your experience with this advice! It'll surely help when I get around to removing the pan (if I do), or any other work I need to do on anything, really. > You seem willing to do some reading so here are a few things to check > out: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxide > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galling > http://www.sacskyranch.com/antiseize.htm > http://www.thegsresources.com/garage/gs_extractscrew.htm Ah, very nice. I'll save these off so I can review them when the day comes! For now, I've gone with a single oversize drain plug. It seems to be holding, but I have no idea whether I've damaged the threads completely. I'll see at my next oil change and see what needs to be done at that point. I know all my options now! Thanks everyone! Carlin
From: Wudsracer on 20 Aug 2007 16:24 ********************************************** >On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:36:42 -0500, Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: >I drop into RT&T from time to time, I try to buy the occasional >oil filter, etc. there. I used to get my tires mounted there >before I got my Harbor Freight tire machine. Jack always has >a kind word for me even if I don't give them a heck of a lot of >business. They are one of the few places I know of who are >willing to work on older bikes. Jack just knows me as the guy >with an SV and a Connie... > >Jack should *really* take a peek at his web page sometime. > >http://rttgasgas.com/ > >The premises are not much to look at either, there's basically >no sign visible from the street, but they apparently do enough >word-of-mouth business so putzing with signs doesn't appear to be >a high priority. Not a problem for me, I just wish my barber hadn't >moved out of the same building, I'd get to drop in at RT&T more >often. > >PS Why does the smackovermotorsports forums have the RT&T logo and >phone number at the top of the page? > >http://www.smackovermotorsports.com/bb/index.php > >http://www.smackovermotorsports.com/bb/images/misc/vbulletin3_smackover.gif *************************************************** After I closed my shop on June 1, 2006, Jack took over the care and feeding of the web site's message board, "Talking Smack". Another friend, David (IdaSpode on here), does the actual work with the message board. I post there under my own name. Jack set up his web site originally, but it crashed hard. I've been trying to get Jack to have David build another web site for RT&T. He sure needs it. Do you ever ride in the dirt? Every year around the first of March, I host a winter fun trail riding get-together for the Northern riders to be able to come down to Arkansas and get dirty. (Look Up "Wudi Ride" on the message board.) Come join us in 2008. Wudsracer/Jim Cook Smackover Racing '06 Gas Gas DE300 '82 Husqvarna XC250 Team LAGNAF
From: IdaSpode on 20 Aug 2007 16:35 On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:24:38 -0500, Wudsracer <dirtbike_smackoverRemove(a)yahoo.com> wrote: <snip> >>Jack should *really* take a peek at his web page sometime. >> >>http://rttgasgas.com/ <snip> >>PS Why does the smackovermotorsports forums have the RT&T logo and >>phone number at the top of the page? >> >>http://www.smackovermotorsports.com/bb/index.php >> >>http://www.smackovermotorsports.com/bb/images/misc/vbulletin3_smackover.gif >*************************************************** > >After I closed my shop on June 1, 2006, Jack took over the care and >feeding of the web site's message board, "Talking Smack". Another >friend, David (IdaSpode on here), does the actual work with the >message board. I post there under my own name. > >Jack set up his web site originally, but it crashed hard. >I've been trying to get Jack to have David build another web site for >RT&T. He sure needs it. I've asked Jack several times. At the VERY LEAST, get some contact info on there... > Wudsracer/Jim Cook DJ
From: Mark Olson on 20 Aug 2007 17:58 Wudsracer wrote: > Do you ever ride in the dirt? > Every year around the first of March, I host a winter fun trail riding > get-together for the Northern riders to be able to come down to > Arkansas and get dirty. (Look Up "Wudi Ride" on the message board.) > Come join us in 2008. Not if I can help it (with my current bikes) but I learned in the dirt years ago starting with a '66 Honda S65 that was my "everything bike", dirt trails, roads, and I almost t-boned a cop car the one time I rode it on the street! A couple of years later I regularly rode on a friend's bikes, everything from a QA50 up to and including a Yamaha DT360. I've been considering a dirt bike for a while but haven't gotten round to it yet. -- '01 SV650SK1 '99 EX250-F13 '98 ZG1000-A13 OMF #7
From: James Clark on 29 Aug 2007 18:26
The Older Gentleman wrote: > <ottguit(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Your Bike is new, have it fixed professsinally and then buy an old >> junker to practiceon. >> Bg > > Agreed. Get a professional to repair the thread. > > Use a pipe tap and insert one of these: http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2837151/2/istockphoto_2837151_brass_bib_cock.jpg |