tire wizard bread breaker, nklr

[Steve Anderson]

> > Luckily, we were riding slow when I started losing oil. Seeing the > oil pouring out of the bottom was not an encouraging thing to see . . > I had visions of a rock hole in my cases. The wooden plug (and tape > and zip ties) worked well in a pinch. Replacing the drain plug is a > lot easier than patching a hole in the cases. I changed oil and > filter when I got the new (metal) plug and didn't find any metal > shavings or particles.

What about wood particles?

[Sarah Barwig]

> Replacing the drain plug is a > lot easier than patching a hole in the cases.

A friend of mine did this with 1 day, JB weld, and desert sand to form the mold. So it can be done, but definitely not fun. ---o&>o--- Sarah Barwig sarah@...

[Steve Anderson]

While lurking on the KLX list, some discussion came up about this bead breaker / tire irons. http://www.ctm-design.com/prolevr/index.html Only one testimonial, but it sounds positive. Has anyone out there seen or heard about these things? Sounds like it could be a good tool to throw in the tool kit. Steve (breakin' beads is much harder than breakin' wind) Anderson