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Oil Drain Plug Removal
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Rattlebars
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Thanks! :thumbup:
Oldtimer51
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Be carefull hammering the casing it is probaly made of aluminun and easy to breake a chunk out!
There are specific rods for this exact reason... https://www.lawsonproducts.ca/pdfs/PIRFS_Bolt_Stud_Removal_PI.pdf
I realize this is an old thread but I've discovered that at some point since 2019, they apparently replaced the 6mm hex drain plug with a T40 torx. Not any easier to get out though......I'm struggling now with the little bolts that hold the plastic cover on, one of them is so close to what appears to be a ground point that I can't get a box wrench on it! Taking a break now to restore some sanity. This my first oil change at 2000 miles (I know, there is no need to do it now but I want to!) and everything is factory tight!
I haven't quite given up but pretty close.....plastic piece out of the way, got on the plug with a vice-grip but no luck! Tried a little heat with a heat gun (afraid to get things very hot, wiring close by), still no luck. I've beat on it with a hammer, driven both a T40 and a 6mm into it, hole is now pretty much round. Still not loose. Now what? Drill and tap for an easy out I guess.
BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
This will not be helpful now .... but in the future ALWAYS set your Ratchet BEFORE you try to use it ..... and with oil related plugs ALWAYS put the tool in ( socket or Torx ) and give it a good Rap with a hammer .... This will help break the Varnish seal that oil + heat creates ...... good luck .... mike :thumbup:
Wmoater
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I had a skidoo sled 5-6 years ago that I had the same problem. The dealer must have used the wrong bit and over tightened it the first year and also rounded the bolt. I had to take a snap on torx socket bit next size larger and beat it in to fit. I then heated the socket bit directly. It was pretty much red. Beat it again with ratchet attached and it came out with little effort. Little to say snap on replaced my bit! Ratchet was fine. I had to beat the bolt to pieces once out to get the socket out.
robtdonna
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You would think the dealer knows what bit to use but not necessarily so. A friend just last month purchased a 2015 F3-S. Original owner had all his maintenance done by the dealer (and had receipts proving thus). It was due for an oil change and I said I'd help her out and do it for her. The 6 mm Allen had obviously had a torx used before. It did come out with the Allen but it wasn't super tight or it may have been a different story. Replaced it with a Gold Plug.
jcthorne
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On ALL 1330 engines 2014 to 2021, the engine side plug is torx and the trans is 6mm hex. There has been no change since the start of production to current.
On the 998, the trans side is also hex (same plug by the way) but the engine side (oil tank) is hex on some years and torx on later years. You have to LOOK before inserting the tool.
I'm going to raise the rear to get more clearance, then a better shot at the beast with the vice grip. AND I'm going to bring it up to operating temp to heat the oil and therefore, maybe, the plug.....I may also try the cold chisel on it, seems soft enough to get a good bite. At this point anything to get it out. The only good thing about the OE plug is there is a nice hole to start the drill for the easy out!
No, the travel map is from traveling on two wheels over a period of about 30 years (I rode motors for over 60 years but didn't get out of Colorado until 'late i life.') I'm ashamed to say that my Spyder states total 2, one of those with my Ryker and one with the F3. BUT this summer the F3 will get to see a lot of states and hopefully, several Canadian provinces. +1 for only Spyder states...but my question is, how did you manage Colorado, Wyoming and North Dakota without crossing those 'flyover' states? I rode to all 49 from homes in CO, AZ and TX, no trailers were involved. Oh, by the way, a sharp chisel and a few blows with a ball peen hammer and the drain plug is out!
Well, I DO always check my 'lefty loosey, righty tighty' before trying to use it. Not sure what you mean by "in the future". Where did I say I tried turning it the wrong way? AND I did smack it with a hammer, several times! This sucker was not coming out without a fight! But chisel one, drain plug zero.
Wmoater
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We have 2 toyhaulers. A small 26’ work and play that we run for short weekend trips (east coast) and a 38’ fuzion fifth for long trips. We spend a lot of time in the summer in Colorado and Wyoming at my sisters. So we take the fuzion out for 4 weeks or so. Sometimes we’ll take the spyder sometimes the SXS. (Wish I could fit both but that’s not going to happen) wifey likes the camper sleep at truck stops or primitive spots no tents! Since I never drop the gate and ride in those “flyover or drive through” states on the spyder I don’t count it on the spyderlovers. My fifth wheel has been in every lower 48. So on my RV forum I have them all marked off. Now that both kids finally moved out 2 years ago time to drop the gate more often. Were planning on that last summer but COVID hit. My parents have a winter house outside Moab Arizona and we take the SXS out there sometimes. Kids loved it. Never took the spyder down there though. This summer we’re pulling to Colorado, leaving the toy hauler there, do the loop around Utah canyon county (arches,Bryce, Zion, grand, flagstaff and end in Moab) been there many times in the truck and camper just not on bike. She’s going to try the tent thing, we’ll see. We love riding norther central Colorado and western Wyoming but with all the burn outs last year doing something different. So unless I literally ride the spyder on a road in the state I don’t count it on spyderlovers. Last 2 trips though had to drop the gate at the black hills so that’s how South Dakota got checked off.
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