Wow talk about getting pretty pissed off today. Well I rode my VTX up to cycle gear to purchase a new chain for my KLX, got it, and came home. Well I put the new chain on the bike took it for a 10 minute spin around the block to heat the oil up and to heat the chain up to lube it real good. Ok well I get back, drain the oil, put a new oil filter in, and Vuala, the freaking bolt that holds the oil filter cover shears itself off and now I have the head of the bolt in my hand and the rest of the bolt is inside the bike [:@]. I still can't ride the damned bike, Ohh so mad!!! What the hell is the torque you have to use for those things. I've always sat it till it felt a little snug, thats it. This time it was still pretty loose and the thing just snapped right off. I was looking forward to riding it this afternoon too, been looking forward to it all week long

Ok I just had to let off some steam cause I'm still pissed, go spend some money on the bike, come home, repair bike, something else breaks 10 minutes later that renders the bike completley useless again, not a very happy man today. So now what the hell am I gonna do about the rest of the bolt stuck inside the bike. Now I'm gonna have to take it to someone who specializes in this kind of thing and spend even more money and then the time it takes to load it up, take it there, have them work on it, and take it home. Arrggg. K, feeling a little better now. Who can perform the work I need on this bike?

Oh ya, I never filled the bike back up with oil because I did not want it to leak out from what I mentioned above. Its not ok to let the bike sit with no oil in it is it?? Do I need to take and fill it back up just to let it sit so that something is in it so it doesnt dry out, rust etc....

 

Hey - that's pretty much how I felt after working two long evenings replacing my cylinder and piston for my 300cc upgrade only to jab my freakin' radiator with my knife while cutting a stupid zip-tie off the timing chaing during the very last stages of reassembly! Doh, Doh, Doh, Doh!

BTW, you can leave it without oil, no problem. Just don't start it

 

Ahahah, thanks man, that made me laugh. Glad everything worked out in the end. Not as mad anymore, bud DAMN! So what do I need to do about the bolt stuck inside the hole?? How does one get that out without having anything to latch on to it and turn it, doesn't make sense to me. It still amazes me how fast the bolt sheared itself in half, there was no pressure on the thing and the next thing I know, pop. Oh by the way now that I have it split in half, the bolt is extremly thin without the threads, alarmingly thin. Now I see why the damned thing broke off.

When I put the bolt in I hand tightened it all the way down till it was snug and used a ratchet to get it just a little more snug, not even 3/4 of a turn more after I hand tightned it it snapped, gawd.

 

Bill I feel your pain. Head to Sears and get a set of...
east outs
put some anti-sieze on the screws for reinstallation.

 

Hey thanks man, what a great idea, didn't even know they made those. Ok so lets say I get this and get the bolt out, then get a new one. What is the torque for the 2 tiny bolts that hold on the oil filter cover, There is no way it can be more then 5, I'm guessing.

 

The service manual doesn't list a torque for those bolts. Definitely a light touch is called for though, unless your bolt had a defect.

The drain plug calls for 15 Nm (11 ft-lb) if you need that.

 

off the top of my head...15-18 INCH pounds. The best bet is to use a 8mm nut driver. I think it's an 8mm.

 

I'm thinking my bolt did have a defect because I seriously didn't put any pressure on this thing. Can you guys tell me EXACTLY how you tighten these down so that I have it for future reference? Like I said I hand tightened it and then turned it about around 3/4" of a turn and it was still turning really easy, then it popped off, DOH!![:@]. I'm really worried about doing it again, that wasn't fun. Especially when my wife came downstairs and asked me something, I was so pissed, I told her very nicley to please go upstairs and I will answer the question later, so she bolted upstairs cause she new I was furious, lol.

Holy crap, 12-15 inch pounds, man, where do you get a torque wrench like that from lol. I guess I will be getting that handy tool you posted above, don't want that happening again, thanks.

 

Harbor Frieght or some place similar

 

Well, I'm about as happy as I can be now. I went to my neighbors (neighbors a mechanic) house and told him the situation. He took the head of the bolt and put it back through the whole, and luckily enough the bolt broke in such a way that it would fit back together like a piece of a puzzle, the he screwed it out, whew, now that parts taken care of. Ok now I have to go to home depot to see if I can find a cap bolt to replace the old Kawasaki one, do you think they will have one?