Off for a 3 day ride

[Kiwifruit]

Sorry to hear of your mishap Col. Thats a real bummer.

[Notty]

Thats real bad luck 

[seth]

thats really bad news buddy
hopefully the bike is ok and a new/repaired sump fixes it (should be as you stopped soon as it happened )
if i had a spare sump it would be in the post till you get yours fixed or replaced .
hopefully your not off the road for very long
good luck

[Mick_J]

What a bummer Col, were you far from home?

[KiwiCol]

I was at the very top of the south island, Farewell spit, Puponga is the closest locale.  7hrs + from home & 520k one way.
Got hold of the Mrs by climbing to the top of the nearest hill & finally got a couple of bars of reception. Right out of breath I was too, and bloody hot in riding gear, she answers & hears me out of breath & the wind howling down the phone, hears about something broken, figures it's me, says you've come off haven't you & gets into a panic.
I tell her I'm fine, and it's the sump that's broken.  She wants to come & get me, I tell her it's feggen miles & will take 7-8 hrs, she don't care & wants to come. So, I ask her to hire a trailer & came up to get me, my brother knew an old workmate in the next town, he came out with a trailer & ended up taking me 3 hrs towards home. He dropped me at a roadside café & I waited for wife & trailer. Was very kind of him to take me 3 hrs toward home, as that saved us 6 hrs travel, 3 in to where I was & another 3 back to the café.
I reimbursed him accordingly.
Now I've got some work to do on the poor ole girl.
List:
New Tyres
New Chain - see other thread on that
Exhaust off - major mission with those header bolts
Sump off & repair (new gasket? or is the one there most likely useable again?)
LED Indicators off, either re-fit originals or get BRIGHTER  led's


More optional jobs on her:
Since the collector will be off, may as well polish that up
The can will be off too, may leave it off & get another sort, bit more sounds. (not too much)
Might take the fairing off & put original headlight back on
Fit the new front pads (HH) & service & paint the calipers


Been a bloody long day, least I'm now home & so is the bike.  I'm off to bed & I'll look at it in the morning. Cheers guys.

[Red Biker]

What a mare Col!
get some penetrating spray on the headers asap, hope all turns out  ok with the bike 

[VladTepes]

I used a new gasket. Just my habit never to reuse old ones when its a perfect time to replace it.

[Globalrider]

Ouch! Col - what a bummer - I lost the radiator in Spain! Minor compared to your problem but was laid up for 5 days!
Hope you get it sorted soonest!
Stan

[Mrg]

hi col just seen this ,, hope your ok mate llooks like a bit of work but at least your safe and not to much damage ,,, hope your on the road soon good luck 

[Ross]

Bad luck Mate. Sorry to hear that.
I hope you get it all sorted soon.

[KiwiCol]

Well, things are looking up. I've taken the whole exhaust off, inc the headers.  They came off like a lamb. Woo Hoo!  Took the oil cooler off as well, just to get clear access to the header bolts.
Sump is off and in at a local alloy welders, reckons he'll have it done tomorrow and won't cost more than $100.

Suzuki NZ don't have any gaskets in the country, so it has to come from Japan. The gasket is going to be the hold up with this fix.

So, with the pipes off, I gave them a bit of a shine up, done a bit of work on the collector as well. Took off a couple of brackets for the belly pan, cleaned them & painted them rattle can black. Few other touch ups too.

Going to be wet for the next few days, might do the LED indicators & caliper service - bung in the new pads while I wait for the gasket.

Sooo lucky with the header bolts, not a sign of corrosion in there either. I'll put some coppercote on the threads when I install them again.
BTW, is the torque the same when you put thread release on bolts? Think I read somewhere (Merc service) that if you use coppercote on the threads, the torque is less to account for the easier slipping of the bolt.
Sound right? or does everyone just use the std settings?

[gsxbarmy]

Rather than Copaslip, if you can, use Nickleslip on the header bolts instead. Both do the same but Nickleslip works at higher temperatures whereas Copaslip can dry out. But if you don't Copaslip is fine.

General rule of thumb I use for when bolts are "slipped" is to reduce the torque setting by 10%, so header bolts would be about 15ft/lb rather than 16.5ft/lb

[grog]

far out Col. what a weekend. feeling sorry for ya big time. cut a gasket, itll be fine. the trick with marker pen is excellent stuff. id just torque the bolts up normal, they wont break. im now searching for a button head sump plug, allen key in middlle. 14 x 1.25, is that correct fellas. sort of something similar to rocker cover bolts. so if all you blokes can head me in right direction to find a supplier. check your local bolt shop. ive searched and can only find a couple close, wrong pitch. re thread would be easy but to buy correct would be better.

[gsxbarmy]

far out Col. what a weekend. feeling sorry for ya big time. cut a gasket, itll be fine. the trick with marker pen is excellent stuff. id just torque the bolts up normal, they wont break. im now searching for a button head sump plug, allen key in middlle. 14 x 1.25, is that correct fellas. sort of something similar to rocker cover bolts. so if all you blokes can head me in right direction to find a supplier. check your local bolt shop. ive searched and can only find a couple close, wrong pitch. re thread would be easy but to buy correct would be better.

You may need to take yours out to check the size Grog - I refer to a post the other day from Seth

"a strange thing the k5 and k6 have different sump bolts

k5 is a 19mm headed bolt shorter and a larger magnet
k6 is a 17mm headed bolt longer with a smaller magnet"

[Kiwifruit]

Pleased the sump can be repaired Col. We had a meal at Farewell Spit when down  there. Sure is a bit remote.
Bit of a lesson to be had. I park outside the supermarket and drop off the kerb when i leave.....not anymore !!