| Author | Message | ||
     1125rcya |
Has anyone not replaced oil plug aluminum crush gasket during oil change? Any leaks? Thanks Mike | ||
| Figorvonbuellingham |
I re used mine. 1000 miles and no issues so far. I live 20 miles from everywhere so when I opened the filter box and didn't see one the old one was going back on. | ||
| Tmchcrk |
Three oil changes 12000 miles no leaks? Reused both washers! | ||
| 1125rcya |
Thanks for the reassurance! Oil is changed and holding. | ||
| Torquehd |
it's reusable. | ||
| Cataract2 |
25,000 miles on mine. No leaks. | ||
| Zac4mac |
I do a few "figure 8s" on some 400 wet/dry each oil change. Still on originals, 28+k miles. Pay attention to orientation tho, one side is dished for the bolt. That side is "on it's own". Both are good for the same treatment, copper and aluminum. A good idea is to anneal the copper one every 2-5 times. Heat to red then drop in water. Makes it "crushable" again. Z | ||
| Jdugger |
With copper, I'm not sure you need to even do that. It's pretty ductile. Somewhere around here I posted McMaster part numbers for these things. I've been using fresh ones ever since because a lifetime supply was like $10. | ||
| Nuts4mc |
go here for the Mcmaster-Carr items: look for a post by A_S_R http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/290 431/549407.html the links still work ( includes a part number for a O-ring/oilfilter cover) |
