sump plug

[Drucilla]

Anyone know what size alan key fits the sump plug for an M900?

[Albie]

10mm i believe

[Drucilla]

Nope, tried that size

[Albie]

Tis metric is it smaller or bigger than

[Drucilla]

ten was too small, need to buy one so I want to get the right size

[Albie]

Must be 12 then. Haynes manual dont tell me nowt :mad:

[Albie]

Know anything about clutches then

[Drucilla]

thanks Albie

[Spike]

Think it might be 11mm :rolleyes:

[Pedro]

Tis an 11mm.

Be warned - the sump plug is made from brass and quite soft. It's worth buying a good quality hex socket as you can get a decent breaker bar to get it undone. When I got mine, the plug was badly chewed up and took me about four hours to get out.....

Ped

[Albie]

Mines def 11mm i measured it

[A Yerbury]

they are soft but also deep, spray all the gubbins out first to get a good purchase, mine is a bit chewed at the top but it bites fine inside.

[Pedro]

Yerbs do yourself a favour and change it next time. Mine didn't look too bad, but chewed up fairly suddenly, even with a decent hex socket.

They cost about seven quid....

[A Yerbury]

worry not pedro, its on the list (not a priority) as its working fine, as I keep taking cases off to paint and re paint Im becoming a bit of a master at oil drains! (3 in the last 3 weeks) not such a master painter.......

[Drucilla]

thanks everyone

[Pedro]

You're welcome!

[gary tompkins]

Went to do an oil/filter change on the trike this afternoon to discover some twat has managed to mangle the drain plug :Furious: Will get a new one next week before I try to remove it - hopefully things won't get too brutal & messy in the process.

Wish me luck :grump:

[Albie]

How badly damaged ?? In my experience you could say get a size up ie 12mm and slightly chamfer ends and tap it in to increase the size so its tight. Hope it helps.;)

[Pugi]

Wish I saw this earlier...explains why I rounded the damn thing for starters. Mine's all chewed up know and I've got a few ideas to sort it out. Just got some torx to pound in and see if it grips. If not, I'm going to take a chisel to it. If the chisel is too sharp and the brass too soft I'll cut a 'V' out off the edge and put a pinch punch to it. That's the plan anyway.

[Pedro]

GT & Pugi

have a look at this thread

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/showthread.php?t=16342

I've posted a pic of a tool I ceated to get knackered sump plugs out

Ped

[Pugi]

Just had a look at the new plug I just got and I think you've gone the right way about it since it IS tapered, as mentioned in the thread you refer to. It's 10 mm at the 'bottom' and 11-12 mm at the 'top'. Stupid design.