crankcase pipe plugs??
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crankcase pipe plugs??
Working on my 07' Deluxe:
I mistakenly removed the bottom crankcase plug when draining my oils. When I realized I had a brain fart, looking at the plug that didn;t have an o-ring, I said to myself what the hell are you doing. Put back in, and pulled the correct oil drain plug.
Anyways, what is the reason for these pipe plugs - 1 on the bottom of crankcase, 2 near the oil filter? should I remove again and use locktite 565 or leave it be?
I mistakenly removed the bottom crankcase plug when draining my oils. When I realized I had a brain fart, looking at the plug that didn;t have an o-ring, I said to myself what the hell are you doing. Put back in, and pulled the correct oil drain plug.
Anyways, what is the reason for these pipe plugs - 1 on the bottom of crankcase, 2 near the oil filter? should I remove again and use locktite 565 or leave it be?
#5
RE: crankcase pipe plugs??
You definitely want to clean the threads and use red loctite on that plug when screwing it back in. I wouldn't drain my fresh oil if I had already changed it. But I would make myself a note to red loctite that back in there so I could forget about it forever on my next oil service.
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RE: crankcase pipe plugs??
ORIGINAL: ronyd
Working on my 07' Deluxe:
I mistakenly removed the bottom crankcase plug when draining my oils. When I realized I had a brain fart, looking at the plug that didn;t have an o-ring, I said to myself what the hell are you doing. Put back in, and pulled the correct oil drain plug.
Anyways, what is the reason for these pipe plugs - 1 on the bottom of crankcase, 2 near the oil filter? should I remove again and use locktite 565 or leave it be?
Working on my 07' Deluxe:
I mistakenly removed the bottom crankcase plug when draining my oils. When I realized I had a brain fart, looking at the plug that didn;t have an o-ring, I said to myself what the hell are you doing. Put back in, and pulled the correct oil drain plug.
Anyways, what is the reason for these pipe plugs - 1 on the bottom of crankcase, 2 near the oil filter? should I remove again and use locktite 565 or leave it be?
#10
RE: crankcase pipe plugs??
I did the same thing and removed both of them. You would think there would be something in the manual about this as I knew I was not the only one that has done this. I did ask the local HD mechanic about this and they said the same thing as glide mentioned. I know the one on the engine base is directly under the intake of the oil pump. As I was changing to synthetic and already in the cam chest anyway I thought it was good to get all the oil from the base. I used high temperature loctite plug sealant on my plugs. You may never get them out with loctite red although that maybe a good thing.