Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/17/2008 6:57:00 PM
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piniongear
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What kind of bike?
What year model?
Which plug is stripped out, filler or drain?
Is it the primary drain plug or the transmission drain plug
It would help if you could be a bit more specific.......pg
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/17/2008 7:11:46 PM
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RJ61
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Check J&P cycles or some of the aftermarket parts dealers. They make an oversize drain plug that is sold with the tap for the threads
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/17/2008 7:21:38 PM
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madcritter
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quote:
ORIGINAL: piniongear
What kind of bike?
What year model?
Which plug is stripped out, filler or drain?
Is it the primary drain plug or the transmission drain plug
It would help if you could be a bit more specific.......pg
76 IronHead Sporty
oil drain plug hole
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/18/2008 4:03:38 AM
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Moon Wolf
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There are two oil drain plugs under there.
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/18/2008 4:09:42 AM
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madcritter
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I'll be ordering a tap and plug. Problem resolved.
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/20/2008 2:17:08 PM
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Horse13
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You never remove the "plugs" under the engine. They strip easily and are not suppose to be removed. You drain oil in an Ironhead "crankcase" from the OIL TANK DRAIN ONLY.
You drain the primary/transmission through the primary oil fill level plug. ( lean it to do full drain)
Leave the plugs under the Crankcase alone. There is not hardly any oil in there anyway.
I just had to post that tidbit to hopefully save others from a stripped plug.
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/20/2008 2:37:44 PM
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You can't tap the crankcase plug without splitting the cases. The flywheel is too close to the hole to run a tap in. Go to the auto parts store and get an oversize drain plug (they are self tapping) and run that in with some JB Weld (sorry Pinion). That plug aint supposed to come out anyway.
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/27/2008 1:29:33 AM
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Hopper
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Be careful with those self-tapping drain plugs. Some of them have a slotted nose on them, the thread cutting part, that can end up touching the flywheels if wound in far enough. I saw pics a while back where it looked like the end bits had broken off one inside the engine when the wheels turned.
If you are retapping the hole, and the tap is too long (or the self tapping plug is too long), once you have wound it in as far as it will go, youcan grind a bit off the end and get it in a bit further. Repeat process a few times until the tap goes all the way in. Just wont be able to use the tap again.
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/27/2008 6:35:25 AM
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madcritter
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I tried the self-tapping plug yesterday. Stopped by NAPA with old plug in hand making sure the self tapper was no longer. But could not get it started after about an hour of trying even tried recutting it. After that I recut with with a course tread cutter and was able to get a bolt in with no problem. Going back to NAPA this morning to see if they have a course tread over size plug.
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/27/2008 7:27:33 AM
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piniongear
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H-mmmm, this does not sound like a good situation at all..........pg
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/27/2008 8:42:50 AM
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Horse13
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H-mmmm, this does not sound like a good situation at all..........pg
No it sure does not!
Which is WHY you NEVER pull those plugs.
EVER!
They ain't made to be removed and not needed to remove to change oil.
Period.
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/27/2008 11:17:11 AM
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madcritter
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This is not a problem it is only another learning experience. We either Improvise , adapt and/or over come one way or another. The old biker who runs the NAPA store reminded me of something to use that will work and I have used many times on other problem projects. Now that I have it reamed out to a 1/2 inch course thread I got a short bolt the is all most same length as the original plug, a washer and a tube of 5200. If you are not familiar with 5200, if there had been one tube on the Titanic it would not have sank. The NAPA manager had about the same problem years ago on an old shovelhead. He put it back in with 5200 drove it for a couple of years before he sold it and last he head it is still in.
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/27/2008 3:03:49 PM
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Horse13
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This is not a problem it is only another learning experience. We either Improvise , adapt and/or over come one way or another. The old biker who runs the NAPA store reminded me of something to use that will work and I have used many times on other problem projects. Now that I have it reamed out to a 1/2 inch course thread I got a short bolt the is all most same length as the original plug, a washer and a tube of 5200. If you are not familiar with 5200, if there had been one tube on the Titanic it would not have sank. The NAPA manager had about the same problem years ago on an old shovelhead. He put it back in with 5200 drove it for a couple of years before he sold it and last he head it is still in.
I hope it stays fixed and leak free. I would not remove it again if it is fixed. The tiny bit of oil in there is not a worry. Just drain tank and drain primary through overfill plug by leaning bike.
Best of luck!
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/27/2008 3:50:43 PM
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piniongear
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Yeah Horse13,
I cannot count how many people I have come across who have just had to remove that infamous plug in the crankcase bottom. Every one of them has had an unhappy ending, without exception! The best ending has the JB Weld holding, for a while anyway.......pg
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RE: Ironhead Oil Drain hole stripped Question - 5/27/2008 5:15:29 PM
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Horse13
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Yeah Horse13,
I cannot count how many people I have come across who have just had to remove that infamous plug in the crankcase bottom. Every one of them has had an unhappy ending, without exception! The best ending has the JB Weld holding, for a while anyway.......pg
You won't see "remove plugs under cases" in any service manual that is for sure! 
Not sure why they are even there. I was told once it had something to do with the manufacturing of the cases???
The JB Weld will hold great if the crankcase and such is totally drained, the bike laid on it's side and the surface cleaned completely. Then let the stuff sit for 2 days.
Don't ask me how I know this. LOL
BTW, sure is a pretty bike you have.
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