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tips for loosening the oil drain plug? (Read 283 times)
Oldnewguy
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Re: tips for loosening the oil drain plug?
Reply #15 -
11/28/09 at 12:14:26
I put mine up on a wooden block that I made out of a 4x4 and a couple of 1x's. It's amazing what that extra 3 1/2 inches does for leverage!
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Re: tips for loosening the oil drain plug?
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11/28/09 at 12:21:36
Thanks for all of the replies. I've had to be away for Thanksgiving so I haven't tried to change the oil again, but I think I'm going to put the bike up on blocks and have a friend hold it while I tug on it with the longest 14mm box end wrench I can find (and lengthen it with a pipe if need be).
I would let you know how it goes, but the oil doesn't need to be changed quite yet. I was just going to do it while I was changing the oil in my truck and doing other work on the bike.
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Re: tips for loosening the oil drain plug?
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11/28/09 at 12:47:12
When you finally get that muther out, throw the round shouldered bugger away and buy a new one!
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Re: tips for loosening the oil drain plug?
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11/28/09 at 15:51:27
Get one with a magnet in it. & order some washers at the same time. Available online
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11/28/09 at 16:55:31
justin_o_guy2 wrote
on 11/28/09 at 09:34:29:
Oil doesnt run on my hands. Once it out far enough, I wrap a long string around it 2 times & pull. It spins the plug out for me. Gotta hold both ends & keep it tight.
Real Men have oily hands
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Re: tips for loosening the oil drain plug?
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11/28/09 at 17:53:00
Then dive right in. Petroleum products really arent all that healthy, but if you equate being slathered in it with manliness, then by all means, be a man & get nasty. I can get filthy to the elbow on a thumb nails worth of grease. I didnt used to mind it, but now, after years of exposure to heavy metals & pesticides & industrial chemicals, not the least of which was pipe dope on drilling rigs, I am disabled & I recommend to young people that they avoid as much exposure as possible. I recommend the same to you & I hope you listen.
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Re: tips for loosening the oil drain plug?
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11/29/09 at 15:53:40
17mm stubby and my 3lb sledge does the trick every time.......
coupla whacks twards the rear of the bike
haven't ruined the bolt yet
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