Stuck gear oil drain bolt

[Anonymous]

I have a GS 650G and I'm trying for the first time to change the gear oil. I assume that it has been changed before but I just got the bike over the winter. I am able to loosen the upper filler bolt on the geaar case but the lower bolt just does not want to come loose. I beleive it's a 21 mm head. I'm worried about damaging either the bolt or the aluminum gear case. Does anyone have any ideas about how I might loosen this nut? Any help would be much apreciated!

[SqDancerLynn1]

They can be very stuborn sometimes. Just put a little effort into it & it should come loose

[Poot]

what you need, is leverage, and some elbow grease. this is a big bolt, so i doubt it would be damaged if you had the correct wrench/socket on it.


two tips:


1: use a socket, and for leverage, get a metal pipe if you have one, and slip it over the ratchet, and this will give you more leverage.


i know its ghetto, but i hope it should help if you cant get it off normally.

[Jethro]

My two favorite tools are a breaker bar and an impact wrench. So much so that I carry both on board my bike. Either one should do the trick.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Guys! With your advice and unbridled brute force my bike now has new gear oil! Now what do I do for a hernia!?

[Scud]

Take the breaker bar and the impact wrench out of your pocket! 8O ...