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Last Tuesday, I was doing some maintenaince to get the bike ready for the road this year. Basic stuff, oil change, new air filter, put the battery back in and installed the pigtail for a battery tender, chain wax, and checking the tire pressure.
I overtightened the Oil Pan drain bolt to the point where something stripped. Now it will only tighten up to ~20 LB FT or so and then gets loose again. It was such a nice day out that I got it as tight as I could, and rode anyways, but kept it local.
I was hoping to come up with an inexpensive solution here.
I was thinking maybe clean out my drain pan with WD-40 and then dry it with paper towels and drain the $30 worth of oil into it. Then cover it with some saran wrap. Then remove and replace the bolt (after buying a torque wrench) and if it holds put the oil back in.
Unfortunately I have this sneaking suspicion that althought the bolt is steel, the oil pan looks like its aluminum, and we all know which metal would strip first.
Its hard to find an oil pan on ebay that doesnt have tabs broken off of it or some kind of other damage, and a new one is about $100.
Any ideas or suggestions?