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[kister]

Great. thanks for the info.
I could use the spark plug as the drain plug too!
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[Steve T]

Kister where are you situated.

[kister]

Just outside Bristol.

[Steve T]

Was going to suggest you could borrow the kit if you were nearer to me ( Northamptonshire)

[Leon Novello]

Doing the job in situ, what happens to the swarf that ends up inside the sump?

[PeteF]

Leon, you can catch most of it by greasing the tap. The rest you can flush out with paraffin.

[ed.lazda]

I did it in situ using the spark plug kit. Unfortunately, despite all my best efforts, the tap went in skew. I loctited the insert in and used a Dowty washer, and got away with it -- it doesn't leak any oil. The downside is, it sits there grinning at me, a monument to my incompetence.

[kister]

Ed.Lazda
Did you do it with the bike on the centre stand or did you have the bike angled? Sorry it went wonky for you, but good to know there is clearance for the tapping.
Mine is a Trials 500 with a sump guard so I can hide my grinning sump plug if it goes wonky.

[ed.lazda]

Did it with the bike on the stand. It was a bit difficult to get the tap started (maybe should have drilled it out like Steve T did), and I think that's where the wonkiness started.

[jefrs]

A £30 quote from a garage is getting ripped off but it may be their minimum half-hour labour charge. I cannot now remember how much the local garage charged for doing a spark plug hole for me but it was little more than the price of the insert. Using the proper tool, which is a special stepped tap is supposed to ensure the new thread is cut square and not skewed. The tap is supposed to follow and chase the old tread.