Removing swarf from a magnetic drain plug

350TSS · 21-09-2022, 08:08 AM

After spending about 10 minutes trying to remove the metallic fur from my drain plug and only succeeding in re-distributing it around the magnet I tried a a small square of duct tape which worked a treat, three or four passes and it was fur free.

Dukedesmo · 21-09-2022, 10:14 AM

Good tip, though I might have needed more tape for mine last year;

Nickj · 21-09-2022, 11:49 PM

Rub over with a tiny neodium magnet.

21-09-2022, 08:08 AM	#1
350TSS Too much time on my hands member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Shipbourne Bike: M900 Posts: 1,422	Removing swarf from a magnetic drain plug After spending about 10 minutes trying to remove the metallic fur from my drain plug and only succeeding in re-distributing it around the magnet I tried a a small square of duct tape which worked a treat, three or four passes and it was fur free.

21-09-2022, 10:14 AM	#2
Dukedesmo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leics Bike: M900 Posts: 2,894	Good tip, though I might have needed more tape for mine last year; __________________ M900, 916, LeMans II.

21-09-2022, 11:49 PM	#3
Nickj Too much time on my hands member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Forest Of Dean Bike: S2r Posts: 3,206	Rub over with a tiny neodium magnet. __________________ "The final measure of any rider's skill is the inverse ratio of his preferred Traveling Speed to the number of bad scars on his body." Song of the sausage creature