Posted by sturd on November 6, 2009, 5:18 pm
whatever says:
> I don't think this can be repaired without splitting the cases. The female
> thread for the transmission drain plug is in the right side case. The bolt
> goes in from the left side. The bolt is about 3 1/2" long. There's no way
> to access the threads.
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Item 27 in this fiche?
Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.
Posted by JayC on November 8, 2009, 8:56 pm
> Anyone else have this problem with the CRF 450's? I realize the solution to
> fix the problem is to split the cases but I was hoping some genius here had
> a better plan as I am much too important to waste time working on these
> pos's.
Not to be a poo, but the solution for your drain plug problem (at
least in the future) is for you to buy a torque wrench, then actually
use it. Drain plug torque is typically somewhere around 12ft-lbs -
just enough to slightly squish the washer. You're probably putting
them on with twice that or more. Also, it doesn't matter that it's a
CRF, you would've ruined the threads on any brand bike.
JayC
Posted by Tosk on November 8, 2009, 11:44 pm
In article <9dfd2194-a958-48d2-a5ca-54033b0ddd36
@l13g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, jwc@sysmatrix.net says...
>
> > Anyone else have this problem with the CRF 450's? I realize the solution to
> > fix the problem is to split the cases but I was hoping some genius here had
> > a better plan as I am much too important to waste time working on these
> > pos's.
>
> Not to be a poo, but the solution for your drain plug problem (at
> least in the future) is for you to buy a torque wrench, then actually
> use it. Drain plug torque is typically somewhere around 12ft-lbs -
> just enough to slightly squish the washer. You're probably putting
> them on with twice that or more. Also, it doesn't matter that it's a
> CRF, you would've ruined the threads on any brand bike.
>
> JayC
Guys at the track laugh at me, I use a torque wrench for almost
everything on the bike...
Rowdy Mouse Racing, don't torque me off...
--
Wafa free again.
Posted by The Real Bev on November 9, 2009, 12:19 am
Tosk wrote:
> jwc@sysmatrix.net says...
>>
>> > Anyone else have this problem with the CRF 450's? I realize the solution to
>> > fix the problem is to split the cases but I was hoping some genius here had
>> > a better plan as I am much too important to waste time working on these
>> > pos's.
>>
>> Not to be a poo, but the solution for your drain plug problem (at
>> least in the future) is for you to buy a torque wrench, then actually
>> use it. Drain plug torque is typically somewhere around 12ft-lbs -
>> just enough to slightly squish the washer. You're probably putting
>> them on with twice that or more. Also, it doesn't matter that it's a
>> CRF, you would've ruined the threads on any brand bike.
>>
> Guys at the track laugh at me, I use a torque wrench for almost
> everything on the bike...
Head bolts only, and I couldn't pull hard enough for the final torque on a 1968
LTD. There are advantages to being a grrl.
> Rowdy Mouse Racing, don't torque me off...
I bet I'm the only one who has a wrench calibrated in furlong-hogsheads.
--
Cheers, Bev
*************************************************
Never argue with a woman holding a torque wrench.
Posted by whatever on November 10, 2009, 1:14 pm
Nope, not the answer. It wasn't overtorqued. If you have one you would
understand. In the second stripped case, I used a socket connected to a
long extension so that I could thread it by hand. I think the socket was a
bit to thick walled and deflected the bolt just enough to cause a problem.
I threaded it by hand. I realize that seems unlikely but that's what
happened.
Both problems were not due to overtorque but of misalignment. It's really
difficult to get the long drain bolt aligned with the female thread boss all
the way through to the back of the right side case.
You're not a poo. Btw, this is dlevy.
> Anyone else have this problem with the CRF 450's? I realize the solution
> to
> fix the problem is to split the cases but I was hoping some genius here
> had
> a better plan as I am much too important to waste time working on these
> pos's.
Not to be a poo, but the solution for your drain plug problem (at
least in the future) is for you to buy a torque wrench, then actually
use it. Drain plug torque is typically somewhere around 12ft-lbs -
just enough to slightly squish the washer. You're probably putting
them on with twice that or more. Also, it doesn't matter that it's a
CRF, you would've ruined the threads on any brand bike.
JayC
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> thread for the transmission drain plug is in the right side case. The bolt
> goes in from the left side. The bolt is about 3 1/2" long. There's no way
> to access the threads.