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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => FZS600 Fazer => Topic started by: butthead on 30 March 2019, 08:50:30 pm
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does anyone know if its possible to remove the sump pan in situ without taking the engine out? obviously the exhaust has to come off , but can the pan be removed without engine out ?
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Yes, it's quite straightforward.
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oh good , so have you actually done that?
manual suggests engine out, but the chapter wasnt specifically on sump pan removal so i wasnt sure but if you have removed the sump pan in situ with engine still in then thats good news .
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Yes. Took it off to change the selector forks a few years back.
(https://i.postimg.cc/ry3LdKQC/oil_pickup.jpg)
Are you tackling the same job? Or dropped something in there?
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no i was thinking if it was easy to take off and pass through the frame in situ, i can replace the pan with another (inc drain plug ) as a way to resolve the partially stripped oil drain threads than now leak a very small drop. 1/4 teaspoon of oil over 3 days, negligible leak but a replacement pan with bolt is £20 plus the price of a new gasket.
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Sounds like a sensible solution. Much better than having the plug drop out on the motorway. :'(
If time is less of an issue than money you might want to take the sump off before committing to a new gasket… mine came off without damage to the old one. I just smeared a little liquid gasket on and reused it.
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Quite common to over wrench the sump bolt, i will admit to doing it myself.
But there's really no need at all, it only needs nipping up.
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yeh i blush to confess thats what i did , Mr Haynes states 43nm on the sump plug, not that you can get a torque wrench on the nut due to the frame and sidestand preventing anything other than a ring ( maybe thats why ) , so i lock my torque drive into the vice to feel what 43nm feels like and try to replicate with the ring....... as you say now i know that just a nip is enough, too late :o