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Oil Drain hole stripped

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RM_Rider14:
Yes, I searched and found many threads on this topic after noticing mine was completed stripped by the previous owner.  More than likely from torque'ing the heck out of it.  I was very surprised to have this issue seeing the bike has such few hours on it.

 Anyway....

  I did the usual and emptied the oil, took off the gas tank, and laid her on her side to see if a heli-coil would work.  Well looked like a lot of meat left in there so I went to a few places locally with no luck.  Then I just stopped in the local Auto-Zone wondering what they may have.  Low & behold this gem, comes with tap, 3 heli-coils, and heli-coil tool;

  Other pic;
 
Disregard my wife's insurance paperwork in the backround.

  This tiny kit was only $25.00.  It stated a 13/32 bit was needed to drill.  I had it.  Also need a M10x1.5 oil plug, had that too.

  Sooo, it took me less than 15 minutes to clean the hole, drill, clean, tap, clean, put in heli-coil with the tool it came with, pull out tamg w/needle noes, cleaned. 

  I then added and drain fresh oil 3 times in a row making sure there were no metal shavings I may have missed.  Done.

  Just wanted to let you all know about it, and I highly suggest this cheap little kit if you have the same issue down the road....

blueoval:
RM, that is a nice kit.  Last month when I got my 2000 k5 home the the drain plug was stripped.  I spent over $50 on the whole kit.  Wish I would have known about this one.  I guess I got about 10 helicoils in mine, so maybe it wasn't too bad????!!!!  I took advice from others on this site and safety wire my plug in and use my torque wrench to tighten it to 15 ft lb for '83 on k5. 

3Razors:
I used a Time-sert 10x1.50mm 9.4mm length insert on mine.  Full length steel threads and better than new now.

BDI:
I hate heli-coils. They are like hospice for motorcycle parts.

barryadam:

--- Quote from: BDI on January 05, 2010, 04:02:32 PM ---I hate heli-coils. They are like hospice for motorcycle parts.

--- End quote ---

Classic, BDI.  I'm using that in my sig.

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