Posted by oasysco on September 9, 2006, 8:21 pm
1982 Suzuki GS650GL. Single oil filter in the front of the engine.
Housing fits on 3 screws that is scured on the outside by 3 nuts. The
screws are mounted into the engine housing.
Doing an oil change tonight. The oil filter housing came off just fine.
Swapped out the old filter for a new one. Go to put the housing back on
and 2 of the 3 screws tightened up to about 1/3 of the way and now
won't tighten or loosen. They just spin in place.
The nuts themselves aren't stripped but either the threads on the
screws or the thread paths in the nuts are.
I've WD40's the nuts, but to no avail. Like I said, they came off fine
the first time.
Any ideas how to get the nuts off?
And once off, how to either replace the screws or rethread them with
new nuts?
Thanks,
Greg
Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on September 9, 2006, 10:22 pm
oasysco wrote:
> 1982 Suzuki GS650GL. Single oil filter ...
You already have a bunch of answers in rec.motorcycles.
Cross-posting (to multiple groups at once) is much better than
multi-posting (separate messages), and you only have to check one place
for responses.
--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck.
Posted by oasysco on September 10, 2006, 4:09 am
Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> oasysco wrote:
> > 1982 Suzuki GS650GL. Single oil filter ...
> You already have a bunch of answers in rec.motorcycles.
Yes, I saw that. I posted here not knowing how muh crossover there is.
I'm on thegsresources now and am getting good advice.
thanks,
Greg
> Cross-posting (to multiple groups at once) is much better than
> multi-posting (separate messages), and you only have to check one place
> for responses.
>
> --
> -bts
> -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck.
Posted by Joe on September 10, 2006, 9:32 am
> You already have a bunch of answers in rec.motorcycles.
But everyone there doesn't post here, etc. It's always a good idea to try
and find someone who has actually experienced the same problem rather than
get good advice alone. I think his post is justifiable.
> Cross-posting (to multiple groups at once) is much better than
> multi-posting (separate messages), and you only have to check one place
> for responses.
And brings flames, stupid responses and all that junk into two groups. If
there is a trouble-maker in one group, it then gives that person exposure in
a brand new group also... I think he did the correct thing. A bit more
work for him to check the responses, but correct.
Personally, I'd carefully cut the nuts off, check the studs and possibly
take them out or drill and tap new studs in. But I'm sorta in a machine
shop so that is easier said than done for most.
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Posted by sticks on September 10, 2006, 10:03 am
Joe wrote:
>> You already have a bunch of answers in rec.motorcycles.
>
> But everyone there doesn't post here, etc. It's always a good idea to try
> and find someone who has actually experienced the same problem rather than
> get good advice alone. I think his post is justifiable.
>
>> Cross-posting (to multiple groups at once) is much better than
>> multi-posting (separate messages), and you only have to check one place
>> for responses.
>
> And brings flames, stupid responses and all that junk into two groups. If
> there is a trouble-maker in one group, it then gives that person exposure in
> a brand new group also... I think he did the correct thing. A bit more
> work for him to check the responses, but correct.
Absolutely!
I wish Beauregard would quit telling people this. Especially in regards
to rec.moto, so well known for it's getting along. Cross-posting sucks!
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