Expensive lesson
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Expensive lesson
Stripped my oil drain plug. Never thought it would happen to me. The dealer was very good about it. They picked up my bike, 2 hours later and my wallet $250 lighter. Most expensive oil change ever.
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If its aluminum, I do my best to hand thread any bolt several turns before putting a socket to it, because stripping aluminum threads is so easy to do.
I'm glad you got out of it for only $250. Glad its fixed.
I'm glad you got out of it for only $250. Glad its fixed.
Last edited by Stiggy; Aug 9, 2014 at 04:36 PM.
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Next time, head to your local NAPA, they sell PLUS 1, 2 and 3 oversize drain plugs for under ten bucks. They just retap the stripped hole as they go in for the first time. I stripped the oil pan on my old Dyna and had the dealer fix it as well. Very expensive. Then I learned about these damn plus size drain plugs. Live and learn. I guess this is a somewhat common screwup on oil pans.
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Next time, head to your local NAPA, they sell PLUS 1, 2 and 3 oversize drain plugs for under ten bucks. They just retap the stripped hole as they go in for the first time. I stripped the oil pan on my old Dyna and had the dealer fix it as well. Very expensive. Then I learned about these damn plus size drain plugs. Live and learn. I guess this is a somewhat common screwup on oil pans.
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the replacement pan itself is about $100 ($92 plus tax), leaves the other $150 for 2 hours labor, gasket, new plug, fluid? Sounds fairly reasonable..(outta be able to do it in 1 hour I'd think)
Last edited by SeaZund; Aug 9, 2014 at 06:24 PM.