by Ferrous_Head » Sun May 24, 2020 6:29 am
I also have another theory on why so many stripped sump plugs.
I used to have a Suzuki dealership (yeah yeah but they gave it to me for free and it paid the bills)
And I would get customers with new(ish) bikes trying to save money by doing their own oil changes. And I had no real problem with that.
But a number of customers managed to strip sump plugs. These weren't bikes that hadn't had plugs removed for decades. One was a 650G only 6 months old.
But people not used to undoing sump plugs have trouble remembering that CCW becomes clockwise looking at it from the wrong perspective. NOT being upside down. ie, mot laying flat on your back and looking up at the sump plug.
They think "of course it's tight - don't want it to come loose. So, they just use a 1/2 drive ratchet and socket and give it a good old tug. To break it free.
Then want someone else to helicoil it in situ.
And guarantee the job.
"I know only too well the evil that I propose, but my inclinations get the better of me."