stripped oil drain bolt?????

[waddle]

any suggestions on how to fix this the best way? could i go with a longer bolt??? the threads in the case are fine at the very end,,, in other words the bolt doesnt catch until it almost all the way in,,,,, how long of a bolt could i use?????

[bone705]

just tap it out and put a heli coil in it. i had mine done about 6 months ago and is doing fine.

[baseballplaya23]

if you tap it out make sure you dont get any metal shavings in your engine.

[honda350r]

Originally posted by baseballplaya23
if you tap it out make sure you dont get any metal shavings in your engine.

Everyone makes a big deal about metal shavings in the engine?

first of all what do you think the clutch is doing ??

I am not saying you should fill the engine with metal,it is just not as big of deal as everyone makes it out to be and it is aluminium shavings.:eek2:

[HondaRider250]

i had that done to my old 250ex...i overtorqued the drain bolt and had a heli coil put in. it has a slow oil leak. id suggest gettin the threads tapped to fix ur problem

[XCredrider]

just cover the tap woth grease. this will collect most all of the matel shavings when you tap it. you can also have it helicoiled to fit an lt250r plug.

[Teufel]

Tap the hole to use a 1/8" NPT, if it were me I would fore go the grease and just rinse out the case with kerosene afterwards