Stripped sump bolt

[Mick_J]

Have you ever used Bob Ballantyne at Ellon?

[seth]

i know bob well and buy most of my spare parts from him in fact got 12 spark plugs from him on saturday morning.
i met bob 30 years ago when i first moved up here .
a top man if ever there was one.

[Mick_J]

i know bob well and buy most of my spare parts from him in fact got 12 soark plugs from him on saturday morning.
i met bob 30 years ago when i first moved up here .
a top man if ever there was one.

Yes, I first met him when he worked at Buchan, I used to buy bits from him when I lived there, a great bloke.

[shaun18]

I bought two of these one for my 14 and one for the wifes GSR600. Never need worry about it again.

http://www.quickvalve.co.uk/motorcycles_f111.htm?veh=Suzuki%20GSX%201400%20K1,K2,K3,K4,K5.K6%20(WVBN)%202001-2006

Shaun

[Notty]

I bought two of these one for my 14 and one for the wifes GSR600. Never need worry about it again.

http://www.quickvalve.co.uk/motorcycles_f111.htm?veh=Suzuki%20GSX%201400%20K1,K2,K3,K4,K5.K6%20(WVBN)%202001-2006

Shaun

Got one of those off Barmy - best thing I have put on the bike !! 

[Hooli]

How do you lot strip them? I've done at least 30 oil changes on mine without an issue.

[KiwiCol]

How do you lot strip them? I've done at least 30 oil changes on mine without an issue.

There's a job for ya Hooli, going round changing the oil for all the members in the UK. Tea & biscuits each time too.

[grog]

i thought vlad and kiwi col would say something about fumoto valves after mis fortunes with sump plugs   

[Rod G]

How do you lot strip them? I've done at least 30 oil changes on mine without an issue.

Reasonable question.  If ya cannot finger tighten these things their full thread length, for God's sake don't apply a spanner.  That is exactly how these things get stripped.

[Hooli]

Exactly. Give the bolt & the bottom of a sump a wipe, spin it in by hand & just tweak it up slightly once tight.

[Tony Nitrous]

Never had a drama.
New crush washer every time.
You can feel / see the washer go, time to stop swinging on it !!!!

[KiwiCol]

i thought vlad and kiwi col would say something about fumoto valves after mis fortunes with sump plugs   

Nah, I had a mis fortune with a fumoto valve not the sump plug. Was the riders fault not re-visiting that.  Needless to say, I have a new sump & plug, no fumoto valve this time.
Mind you, as long as I don't go through huge deep pot holes, I'd be fine fitting another one, hmmmmm   maybe . . .

[VladTepes]

Well I managed to rip my sump apart thanks to the sump PLUG contacting a bolt on a steel speed hump.
Given the fumoto has LESS clearance.... then for me... no.

[gsxbarmy]

It does seem that you guys down under have higher speed bumps than us in the U.K. as I can't remember anyone having issues here, even when driving off kerbs.

[KiwiCol]

Everything is bigger in Aussie Dave.