• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Oil Drain Plug -- stripped?

Any idea what size the drainage bolt is?

I ordered replacements from 7602 but am getting a bit antsy. I don't plan to ride yet, but I'd like to test out the threads on the bottom to see if they had been tapped well. Hoping to find something at the hardware store..
 
Man, I would not trust the drain plug threads to hold much torque at all if they've been been chased. Aluminum case. Steel drain plug. Hmmmm. Keep a close eye on it once it's back together. Could be very costly if the plug won't hold a seal with the copper washer.
 
ioneater said:
Man, I would not trust the drain plug threads to hold much torque at all if they've been been chased. Aluminum case. Steel drain plug. Hmmmm. Keep a close eye on it once it's back together. Could be very costly if the plug won't hold a seal with the copper washer.
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Right.. I'd use some of that thread tape on it till the replacement plug arrived .... I don't think those plugs require much torque to actually hold them in place so you should be OK ...
 
I definitely have the 7602 bolts on order, just waiting for them to come in.

BUT, I ended up finding an M16 bolt at the hardware store to see how the threads would engage. I haven't added oil yet b/c I'm waiting on the 7602 drain bolts to do that. However, the threads do seem to be somewhat fragile..

Another option I've been reading about is timesert. The thing is, as Colo Moto said, the bolt is m16 x 1.0. The smallest timesert available is m16 x 1.5. Could I get this to work somehow? Or am I out of luck?
 
It looks like the bottom plug may still leak a tiny bit. I'm not getting drips on the floor, but I'm seeing oil seeping out from the plug. I've tried different copper washers and it still seems to seep out. Any suggestions to plug it?
 
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