22-03-17, 09:39 AM
(22-03-17, 08:48 AM)celticdog link Wrote: [quote author=Tiercel link=topic=22159.msg256167#msg256167 date=1490141624]
Thats exactly the one I ordered. I assumed an OEM bolt would be expensive. Turns out its £2 from my local Yam dealer. Compared to £6 for a stupid magnetic half length one. :rolleyes The washer costs more than the bolt bizarrely.
Sounds like you're making progress with this fella. You can pick up those copper crush washers fairly cheaply or you can reuse, I've not replaced mine the last 3 oil changes.
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There's so much thread on an OEM sump bolt that a new washer is not massively important. It's only plugging a hole, and not under any stress at all.
The main thing is that it simply just needs nipping up, rather than over wrenching.
Those new shorter than OEM magnetic bolts that are all over Ebay should be avoided though.
Because they are so much shorter in length when i nipped it up it literally pulled the first 3 or 4 threads out of my sump.
After that initial "oh shit" feeling i plugged it with the old bolt again until a new one arrived, and luckily there was plenty of thread left for it to tighten up and be secure again.
Why they made that bolt so much shorter is just odd?
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