torqued oil pan bolt

[Guest]

Let says a friend of mine hypothetically torqued the oil drain bolt while doing an oil change. Now the bike is losing oil, not at a crazy rate, but at a rate that the problem needs to be rectified... hypothetically of course...

I have the proper wrench too, not sure why I didn't use it...ugh.

Also torqued one of the oil filter cover bolts, but I understand thats not as hard of a repair to do.

[detorn]

just did a test to see where the leak was coming from and it is the filter cover.

I'll get that done first and see what happens.

[detorn]

filter cover bolt just keeps spinning, ideas on how to get this off?

the pan bolt seems to be okay.

[bellucci]

I know what I would do, but I want to see what the wiser ones say...By the way, do they all spin like they are stripped?

[detorn]

no its just one. other 2 came off no problem just to be clear it is part #10 that wont come out and still has the nut on it.

[SqDancerLynn1]

Get a screwdriver and pry between the cover and the acorn nut while trying to turn it... Use vise grips to take the stud out

[Suzuki_Don]

+1 with Lynne.

Just grab the nut with a pair of vice grips and lock the jaws on and twist and pull like hell. You will then need to use a Recoil insert to do the repair.

[detorn]

Success! Wasn't really crazy about going the brut force route right off the bat so I tried something else. I broke out the dremel and cut the top of the nut off. With a visual on the bolt itself I notched a line into it and was able to just unscrew the bolt from the engine. Turns out it was just the nut side that was stripped. So I won't need to tap the hole, just replace the bolt and the nut...

thanks for the help, even though I did use the advice given, it helps to think out loud sometimes. Will absolutely use the torque wrench when replacing.