need help fast...

[99'300EX]

i stripped the oil drain hole..not the blot the actuall hole. what is the best thing to do??

[CranMan]

depends how bad you stripped it. If it's just cross threaded and the holes not actually reamed out you hay be able to run tap into it and clean up the threads. Otherwise you could probably get a motorcycle shop(or maybe machine shop) to tap it out to the next bigger size bolt.

I had the same problem on my 300, I tried to put a one bigger size bolt in there and ended up breaking a big chunk off from the hole!!! Don't do that....... Now that I am in a bit better at the local shops, they told me what I should've done. 1. Heli-Coil it OR What we recently did to a friends was get a drain plug called a piggyback. What it does is self tapps itself into the case. You no longer remove this one from there, there is a smaller bolt inside of the one you tap in and you now use that one. steel on steel. Not steel on aluminum.

[99'300EX]

i looked in a couple of magizines but i cant find a place where they have a heli-coil...where can i get one??

[99'300EX]

i figured out everything except what size the drain plug is?? what size is it?

any machine shop can do the heilcoil for you

[Ononewheel]

Heli-coil that thing, it is the best way to go. A lot of the better auto parts stores have them or can get them. Not auto zone do you know what I mean? I get them at a local hardware store that is pretty good, they will probably have to order what you need need bacause it is sort of big and odd sized.

I stripped the spark plug hole on the head of my truck :D and the local machine shop went ahead and helicoilded all of the spark plug holes and they only charged $2.49 a piece labor and parts.

[CranMan]

Just a little bit of overkill I guess??.....Helicoiling all the spark plug holes because one was stripped?? You don't take any chances, do you :D

I was getting the head planed and re-machined so they went ahead and took the liberty to do 'em all. Better safe than sorry.







REDNECK400EX1

'01 400EX w/ CT Racing pipe, K&N, outerwear, and it's all in the shop for a tranny problem(that I'm still in the dark about:( )