phil at flippersworld !!!!!!

[ericmuehlhausen]

Hi Listers, I'm a beginning rider looking for my first bike, and am pretty set on a KLR 650. So I found a bike in my area, it's a 2001 with low milage for a really good price. It's not the best cosmetically (heavy sun fade but I couldn't care less about that), but the owner said he overtorqued the oil plug about a year ago and put in a helicoil replacement. He said it holds just fine "besides the occasional drip or two." The picture he sent appears to have a relatively fresh oil spot directly under the bike. Of course I'd like to hear everyone say "don't worry about it!" but, does anyone have experience using a helicoil? Is it sound? Should I take a pass on this bike? Thanks in advance, Eric

[Conall]

helicoils are sound, and the way oil dissapates once it hits the asphalt results in a much larger spot , in other words a single drop of oil will make a spot the size of a half dollar on the ground. FWIW. A new crush washer might be all you need to stop the leak. Ask him if you can check the threads before you buy, and at least he was honest enough to tell you upfront about the helicoil. Conall http://www.angelfire.com/co/klr650/index.html --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "ericmuehlhausen" wrote:

> > Hi Listers, > > I'm a beginning rider looking for my first bike, and am pretty set

on

> a KLR 650. So I found a bike in my area, it's a 2001 with low

milage

> for a really good price. It's not the best cosmetically (heavy sun > fade but I couldn't care less about that), but the owner said he > overtorqued the oil plug about a year ago and put in a helicoil > replacement. He said it holds just fine "besides the occasional

drip

> or two." The picture he sent appears to have a relatively fresh oil > spot directly under the bike. Of course I'd like to hear everyone

say

> "don't worry about it!" but, does anyone have experience using a > helicoil? Is it sound? Should I take a pass on this bike? > > Thanks in advance, > Eric

[Jim A Backer]

Go to your local NAPA store or the like and bring with you your old drain plug. They sell oversized self tapping drain plugs. They work great. They sell vehicle specific so you will need to get a parts person that can do more than look things up in a computer, and they should be able to help kb7tgr jim A6 02 gl18 ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

[bkrdoug70@webtv.net]

Phil----if you get this message (or if anyone on the list has phils addy or phone) please get in touch-----due to an eventfull 6mos. and a move ,i have lost your addy and phone--------doug

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

In a message dated 2004-03-10 10:47:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, jimbacker@... writes:

> Go to your local NAPA store or the like and bring with you your old drain > plug. They sell oversized self tapping drain plugs. They work great. > They sell vehicle specific so you will need to get a parts person that > can do more than look things up in a computer, and they should be able to > help > kb7tgr > jim >

I'm not sure that you would want to run an oversized self tapping drain plug into helicoil threads. Pat G'ville, Nv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]