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I tightened the oil drainage bolt as tight as I could but still when I come to my bike every time there is a drop or two of oil on the ground. I made the bolt as tight as it could but the oil is still dripping. I changed my oil again yesterday and made sure nothing was in the way to block the bolt from tightening completely, and yet there are drops of oil coming from the drainage bolt today!

How should I fix this?



Also, where does the throttle cable end up? I could have find out my self but I didn't feel like taking off my side fairing as it was getting too dark. My throttle has about 80 degrees of play in it that I need to tighten up.

if its truly dripping from the plug sounds like someone cross threaded it at one point. You will most likely have to retap it.

That's happened to me on a few vehicles.

When it does, I throw the old plug away, buy a new one with new washer for $5, scrape the sealing area on the oil pan as clean as I can, and install the new plug.

Always worked for me.

It really doesn't need to be tight if you have a decent washer on it.

As for the throttle cable, mine has a free play adjustment right on the cable near the throttle itself. There's a little black turny part and then a black plastic nut that screws against the turny part to lock it in place.

https://www.wamiltons.com/images/parts/ ... ble450.jpg

See the part on the top right? That's what it looks like at the throttle. I loosen the black nut closer to the throttle then the other nut turns pretty freely. This takes up the slack. When I'm done I tighten the upper nut back against it.

Be sure you leave a little slack in the throttle. You want it to turn 1/8 of an inch or so before engaging.

jonnythan wrote:That's happened to me on a few vehicles.

When it does, I throw the old plug away, buy a new one with new washer for $5, scrape the sealing area on the oil pan as clean as I can, and install the new plug.

hmm never seen an oil plug with a washer on it or are you talking about the head part which isnt a washer but looks like one?

I have a washer on my oil drain plug. Are you perhaps missing that? An instructor told us on a maintenance course that it's a good habit to change the washer at every oil change, cost me about $1.15 and a new oil drain plug cost $2.50

ofblong wrote:

jonnythan wrote:That's happened to me on a few vehicles.

When it does, I throw the old plug away, buy a new one with new washer for $5, scrape the sealing area on the oil pan as clean as I can, and install the new plug.

hmm never seen an oil plug with a washer on it or are you talking about the head part which isnt a washer but looks like one?

It's standard practise to have either a copper or crush washer on a drain bolt it's designed to squish and seal when it's torqued. That "head part" is called a flange.

Yeah... or you can use a sparkplug washer if it has the same thread diameter... they're essentially the same thing.




As for tightening as much as you can, that's a sure way to strip out the drain bolt hole - At which point a $20 oil change becomes a $100-300 oil sump replacement... if you're unlucky. If you're lucky you can get a heli-coil kit for a decent price.

Hmm... I will change the oil again today or tommorow but this time buy a crush washer, because I don't want to spend 300.

And since when does an oil change cost $20? Hopefully I'm not missing anything in the process...

oil... 5 bucks

thats it for me, is there anything else I should be getting?

Thanks for the help, I finally got my throttle cable fixed out.

intotherain wrote:Hmm... I will change the oil again today or tommorow but this time buy a crush washer, because I don't want to spend 300.

And since when does an oil change cost $20? Hopefully I'm not missing anything in the process...

oil... 5 bucks

thats it for me, is there anything else I should be getting?

Thanks for the help, I finally got my throttle cable fixed out.

Oil ain't 5 bucks anymore.

Even generic 10W-30 car oil is $2 a quart these days. A 4-quart bottle of regular ol Castrol is about $13 at my local stores

I'm not saying a $5 change can't be done but GOOD Oil, an oil filter and a crush washer is going to be ~$20

I went to the shop to get a crush washer but the mech said that he had never heard of one. Instead, he gave me this thing called a thread sealant to use instead of the crush washer. Do you know if this will work? The guy assured me that it would work but he was also looked very young. (22-24 ish)