Yamaha R6 sump plug bolt. HELP!

[HDTboy]

I can fix it for you, but I will charge you for it.

[The Pastor]

I can fix it for you, but I will charge you for it.

raj dosent do gay sex bro. he just needs a really big mirror.

[TOTO]

I can fix it for you, but I will charge you for it.

How much to fix this kind of thing ?

[Ixion]

Wow really? When I looked at it earlier it looked like the lower part of the engine where the oil is kept, I call it the 'sump' and I could be wrong, but just so people know what I am talking about, is connected on to the motor via a gasket and about 10 alan key screws. I am presuming if I take this off my poor motor won't fall to bits. There is however an insulated wire running inside the 'sump' and I presume this is the oil level sensor???

If you know something I don't then I do appreciate you telling me now. I could still take it to Yamaha, although I'd rather get dirty myself. Care to elaborate?

Fiche shows a "sump" . Not quite the same thing as a car sump, but a removable lower engine casing. Many bikes don't have one though, so you're in luck.

The motor won't fall to bits if you remove it . But you will get a lot of oil come out.

[Patch]

Fiche shows a "sump" . Not quite the same thing as a car sump, but a removable lower engine casing. Many bikes don't have one though, so you're in luck.

my bad - u one lucky bugger then, makes things a crap load easier, shouldn't take any longer than an hour to do then.

Don't strip too many of the little bolts

[HenryDorsetCase]

Good luck taking "the sump" off. It ain't a car - there is no "sump" to take off. You have to split the cases, translation - the entire motor comes to bits.

It ain't worth splitting the cases just to rethread the drain hole. At worst, take the motor out and perform the task on a workbench, but a competent tradesman will do it in place. It ain't that hard, just time consuming.

there is a bolt on cover (which we've all called the sump) under the motor. tried to find a photo and failed.

[NOMIS]

why the hell didnt you just use a easy out? or EZYout .... problem solved it not exactly hight tensile so wouldnt be a problem header bolts and ones that get inensly hot can be a pain, and if you snap a easy out inside the bolt your pretty much F***d so to speak...

But there cheap and easy. - simialr thing happend to me on my hornet.. h wever i didnt go the wrong way like you. - undid sump plug and the thread came with it lol..... casting at honda must of been a bit off that day. had to send away to be fixed and i hate doing that,.

[Malcolm]

If it helps, we have a number of sumps from R6's up to 2005 from the many that we have dry-sumped. Could just supply you a replacement to save the faffing about. What year's the bike?

[Morcs]

If it helps, we have a number of sumps from R6's up to 2005 from the many that we have dry-sumped. Could just supply you a replacement to save the faffing about. What year's the bike?

its an 06.

[F5 Dave]

why the hell didnt you just use a easy out? or EZYout .... problem solved it not exactly hight tensile so wouldnt be a problem...
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The problem was he striped the sump plate thread, how would this have helped? Why does everyone blaze in after 3 pages without reading the question?

[The Stranger:Me]

was about to drop the oil when instead of loosening the sump plug I tightened it and tightened it so tight that it now spins on the spot in both directions without coming free.

For fuck sake Raj.
Leave the technical stuff like loosening bolts to the experts and you just worry about the important stuff - like how much hair product you need.

[The Stranger:Me]

Why does everyone blaze in after 3 pages without reading the question?

Everyone needs an opinion.
Doesn't matter what it is, so long as you share it with everyone.

[Cr1MiNaL]

If it helps, we have a number of sumps from R6's up to 2005 from the many that we have dry-sumped. Could just supply you a replacement to save the faffing about. What year's the bike?

Hi Malcolm,

That's very helpful of you. Like Morcs said my R6 is a 2006 R6. Do you have a sump lying around do you?

[Malcolm]

I responded to the message you put on my visitor page but in case you don't check that - we just have sumps from a few motors we've bought, and they're only the pre '03 and 03-05 models. I'm not sure if they'd be the same but I'd imagine they probably aren't.

[Cr1MiNaL]

To all those who offered advice, again, thank you. I thought the least I could do was to post my progress up for you guys.

I've got the fairings, headers, pipe and sump off, the oil'd drained and after cleaning the sump out with petrol I am taking it in to have professionally heli-coiled.


Chur.