A Useful Tip from the BMW Forum

dhgeyer · 11-03-2009, 09:40 PM

It seems that the GZ isn't the only bike with very shallow contact surfaces (flats) on its oil drain bolt. Some BMW owners have had them strip out. Mine isn't like that, but I gather some of the K bikes are, as well as some of the newer F and G bikes. Anyway, someone made an observation that the ends of socket wrench sockets are rounded - in effect beveled. If you carefully grind the end of the socket so that the end is flat, you can increase, and in some cases almost double the contact surface between the socket and the flats on the drain bolt. I'm going to take an old or extra socket of the right size and do that before my next oil/filter change.

Water Warrior 2 · 11-03-2009, 11:23 PM

Exellant tip. Thanks for sharing.

mrlmd1 · 11-04-2009, 07:12 AM

Excellent.
:poke2:

:2tup: Ha, ha.

dhgeyer · 11-04-2009, 08:01 AM

Oh "socket" to me!

mrlmd1 · 11-04-2009, 08:27 AM

Good one!
We all need a little ribbing once in a while, instead of an attack.

dhgeyer · 11-04-2009, 08:36 AM

Amen!

11-03-2009, 09:40 PM	#1
dhgeyer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Merrimack NH USA Posts: 722	A Useful Tip from the BMW Forum It seems that the GZ isn't the only bike with very shallow contact surfaces (flats) on its oil drain bolt. Some BMW owners have had them strip out. Mine isn't like that, but I gather some of the K bikes are, as well as some of the newer F and G bikes. Anyway, someone made an observation that the ends of socket wrench sockets are rounded - in effect beveled. If you carefully grind the end of the socket so that the end is flat, you can increase, and in some cases almost double the contact surface between the socket and the flats on the drain bolt. I'm going to take an old or extra socket of the right size and do that before my next oil/filter change. __________________ 54 HD Hummer,64 Honda150,66 Ducati250,01 Vulcan500,02 Vulcan1500,83 Nighthawk650,91 K75,95 VLX,04 VLX,01 GS500E,01 Ninja250, 02 Rebel,04 Ninja500,06 Concours,96 R850R Login or Register to Remove Ads
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11-03-2009, 11:23 PM	#2
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: A Useful Tip from the BMW Forum Exellant tip. Thanks for sharing.
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11-04-2009, 07:12 AM	#3
mrlmd1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Crawfordville, Florida Posts: 2,853	Re: A Useful Tip from the BMW Forum Excellent. :poke2: :2tup: Ha, ha. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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11-04-2009, 08:01 AM	#4
dhgeyer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Merrimack NH USA Posts: 722	Re: A Useful Tip from the BMW Forum Oh "socket" to me! __________________ 54 HD Hummer,64 Honda150,66 Ducati250,01 Vulcan500,02 Vulcan1500,83 Nighthawk650,91 K75,95 VLX,04 VLX,01 GS500E,01 Ninja250, 02 Rebel,04 Ninja500,06 Concours,96 R850R
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11-04-2009, 08:27 AM	#5
mrlmd1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Crawfordville, Florida Posts: 2,853	Re: A Useful Tip from the BMW Forum Good one! We all need a little ribbing once in a while, instead of an attack. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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11-04-2009, 08:36 AM	#6
dhgeyer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Merrimack NH USA Posts: 722	Re: A Useful Tip from the BMW Forum Amen! __________________ 54 HD Hummer,64 Honda150,66 Ducati250,01 Vulcan500,02 Vulcan1500,83 Nighthawk650,91 K75,95 VLX,04 VLX,01 GS500E,01 Ninja250, 02 Rebel,04 Ninja500,06 Concours,96 R850R
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