oil temp sensor problems
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oil temp sensor problems
Went to pull the plug next to the drain plug and have stripped the torx pattern. Any ideas short of pulling the oil pan to get the plug out? I have tried a bigger torx - too big and a allen no luck. There is not much room there to get a impact wrench or much else.. Thanks in advance for any help
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I had to heat the pan in the area just below the plug to get mine out when I installed my oil temp sensor. After heat it came out pretty easy. If you can get something to fit in there I would try heat also. You may be able to grind down an oversize allen, or a small chisel / screwdriver, and try backing it out that way. Some one else here once recommended tack welding a nut on the plug, and use that to back it out. Good luck!
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From: The Frozen North - Hastings Michigan
Went to pull the plug next to the drain plug and have stripped the torx pattern. Any ideas short of pulling the oil pan to get the plug out? I have tried a bigger torx - too big and a allen no luck. There is not much room there to get a impact wrench or much else.. Thanks in advance for any help
If all else fails, drain your oil pan, drill the plug in the center, and use an easy out to remove the plug. Be sure to heat up the area around the plug first though, as H.D. uses red locktite on those threads.
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Last edited by soos; Jan 3, 2009 at 11:10 PM.
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+1 on that...Need to use the right tool for the job at hand...I removed mine with a 5/16 allen socket using a 1/2 ratchet.
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Thanks all I check and re-checked and it looked like a 40 torx to me... but that is not the issue now.... I will bring it to a friend with a table lift so I am not laying on my back and see what we can do - I like the idea of grinding down a a bigger allen I have a cheap set that I can steal from - keep you posted. But first a frigid ride this am it is in the 30's in N. Cal.
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Right on using the right tool. I've done this on 3 bikes, 2 06's and a 09' and all have been allen and all have come right out with no struggle. The crap that the MoCo uses which looks to be red loctite is not as strong as the red loctite.