Another reason to wrench your own bike
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So dealer did the 1K on my RoadGlide and I put another 2k miles on it.
I wanted to switch oils [Mobil 1] so Im doing the service from here on out.
I got bike in the barn with oil and tools, was a easy task as most of you know but......the harley tech put my oil plug back in with Red locktite on the threads, you talk about a dumbass man I was fuming add to the fact harley sticks the drain hole where you cannot get anything on it but a short allen.
I literally had to turn the bike over on its side to get enough leverage to get the plug out.
I have wrenched a long time not on motorcycles but everything else and i aint ever heard of someone putting red locket on a threaded oil plug.
Maybe a dab of liquid teflon ?
Best/joe
I wanted to switch oils [Mobil 1] so Im doing the service from here on out.
I got bike in the barn with oil and tools, was a easy task as most of you know but......the harley tech put my oil plug back in with Red locktite on the threads, you talk about a dumbass man I was fuming add to the fact harley sticks the drain hole where you cannot get anything on it but a short allen.
I literally had to turn the bike over on its side to get enough leverage to get the plug out.
I have wrenched a long time not on motorcycles but everything else and i aint ever heard of someone putting red locket on a threaded oil plug.
Maybe a dab of liquid teflon ?
Best/joe
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Last edited by lp; Jul 23, 2017 at 05:25 PM.
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Which is pretty funny considering the title of the thread.
Yep. The actual oil drain plug has an o-ring as well....
Well, nothing got broke so all good.
Yep. The actual oil drain plug has an o-ring as well....
Well, nothing got broke so all good.
Last edited by lp; Jul 23, 2017 at 05:38 PM.
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The one they tell you not to remove is tapered and could well have red loctite on it from the factory.
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Yup, no problem finding it.
joe
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Best/joe
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My mistake it is the same picture and you men are right I did take out the wrong plug, the oil plug does have an O ring on it as does the primary and transmission.
And they are all the same size.
I looked at the picture in the manual wrong.
One of the things that threw me was the note @ #1 says the transmission drain plug is on the right side, its not its on the left side ?
Thanks for setting me straight.
Best/joe
And they are all the same size.
I looked at the picture in the manual wrong.
One of the things that threw me was the note @ #1 says the transmission drain plug is on the right side, its not its on the left side ?
Thanks for setting me straight.
Best/joe