is my oil drain plug reverse thread?

[Anonymous]

I need help with this as soon as possible. Please resond

[cbxchris]

Its a normal right hand thread. Be careful retightening those are aluminum threads.

[Hap Call]

Re: is my oil drain plug reverse thread?

I need help with this as soon as possible. Please resond

It should be right hand threaded (righty, tighty, lefty, loosy). I have never seen one that was not that way. Keep in mind that is the way it is if you are laying on your back looking up at the drain plug.

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[Bill + Karen]

If you are talking about the GS's that would be no its not a reverse thread. Being upside down kinda makes it hard to figure out which way to turn it, but it is a standard thread. Bill

[Hap Call]

He got three answers within two minutes of each other!

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[Bill + Karen]

He got three answers within two minutes of each other!

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Yep ya gotta be fast around here. Bill

[Anonymous]

Thanks. I was reading around after I posted and decided that it must be stripped. I don't know how. I have never touched it, I have had the bike for almost 3 years now (I know I know). It just started leaking. At first I thought that the wifes car was leaking and I parked over the stain but I found a little wet oil on the plugger. When I went to tighten it, it was quite loose, must be stripped. I guess I'll have to change the oil pan.


thanks for all the help.

[MichaelHoward]

dj,
you can use Permatex Red for high heat on the bolt, just a wee bit say maybe a 1/8 inch bead around bottom of bolthead and it will seal up in about three hrs. I did mine that way and tightened it up and let it see for a few hrs, then filled with oil and still have no leaks!!

Michael

[Anonymous]

i had the same problem with my 850. i checked the drain hole and there were still good threads further up in the hole that the bolt didn't reach. if you use a longer bolt it might reach these threads. i couldn't find a longer bolt with the same thread pattern so i cut the ceramic off a 14mm spark plug. to my surprise it worked and hasn't leaked yet. remember to use your aluminum gasket and measure your drain hole to make sure the plug isn't to long.

[Anonymous]

Yeah I used a spark plug socket to tighten it.