Another stripped oil pan

[BlewByYou]

I just finished putting my bike back together. It was down for 3 years. I replaced everything to new on the bike. over 7k in fixing it. bike had less than 1k miles on it and trans messed up. Worked on the bike for 6 months and started it up 3 days ago. rode around and noticed a lil leak on the drain plug. changed the oil drain plug stripped. it just spins. anyways i took everything back aprt last night took about 30 mins to pull everything to get the pan off. what needs to be done. tap or repl pan?!?.

 

[sixpack577]

If it can be tapped and replaced with a larger thread size bolt that's alot cheaper than a pan. I'de at least try before I bought a pan.

 

[BlewByYou]

Sounds like its worth a try. the pan is off the bike now and no metal to worry about. lol

 

[Ezduzit]

Retap the pan, had that happen to me last summer, cheaper than a oil pan.
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[Bugsy57]

Helicoil it....Ive done a few of these and find its the best way. try your local fastener shop and they do a helicoil kit. You tap the pan out to a larger size the install a stainlass thread insert...Use original plug and problem solved forever.

 

[BlewByYou]

Awsome thx for the info, will do