'05 Glide primary drain plug question
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'05 Glide primary drain plug question
I serviced a friend's '05 Glide yesterday, but had to forego changing the primary fluid.......His primary drain is unlike my '07 in that his is actually located on his outer primary cover and not underneath on the inner primary like on later models.
The problem I had is that the inside hole of his plug is stripped out and no allen or torx bits will fit it.....I have no experience with that style drain plug so I suggested he pick up new one from dealer and return for me to replace it.
What can I expect when he shows up? Is it an allen head or torx head plug?
Also, I'm thinking I'll attempt to use an ez-out to remove his old drain plug. If that doesn't work, do you guys have any suggestions?
The problem I had is that the inside hole of his plug is stripped out and no allen or torx bits will fit it.....I have no experience with that style drain plug so I suggested he pick up new one from dealer and return for me to replace it.
What can I expect when he shows up? Is it an allen head or torx head plug?
Also, I'm thinking I'll attempt to use an ez-out to remove his old drain plug. If that doesn't work, do you guys have any suggestions?
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Yeah, I'll try an ez-out first.............scratching my head wondering how in the devil his old plug got stripped to start with....this guy up till now used an indy to do all his service(38K miles). So far I've discovered MANY critical fasteners loose to the point they were finger tight or rattling. His steering head bearings feel gritty and have never been greased. His drive belt was actually flopping.
Ya know, it's kinda scary when you take time to lift a buds scoot and really go over it......Makes you wonder how they make it down the road to your house.
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Yep, I've learned to keep metric tools handy whenever I wrench my "American" scoots.......Looking now for metric screw drivers and torx bits 
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