Sump bung magnets

**DR Girl** · 21st September 2011, 16:56

Would love 1 also if poss. Lost sump plug during a Epic Ride off Taupo Rd a cple years back. Had just done an oil change & put in sump plug finger tight. Mate arrived 2 do a tyre change, said I need to tighten up sump bolt, he said he will do. He didn't say . . it was already tight. DR 200 x2 14?mm bolts underneath. Wrong 1 got tightened

Lucky 200 cut out first !! Couldn't thinking noticing how rattly bike was getting. Getting a few tiny tiny shavings/dust in oil changes. Got off v lucky.

**george formby** · 21st September 2011, 17:10

If you have a couple left I would happily send you a pre paid enevlope for them & shout you the best coffee in the Bay if you ever head up this way. Might even chuck in a cookie.

**pete376403** · 21st September 2011, 18:23

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

You want the hole too be about 3mm deep so only one pole of the magnet is in the hole for normal bungs.
JB weld or epoxy for alloy or stainless.

The magnets are good to hold about 0.7kg of ferrous metal.

I've also seen 175deg at the top oil banjo on the head of the TT and the magnet still holds well.

These are what I have:
http://www.a2stainless.co.uk/M12-x-1...-70_AICFS.aspx

The socket is 11mm deep and the overall length is 15mm so it would be cutting it a bit fine.

**NordieBoy** · 21st September 2011, 19:06

Originally Posted by pete376403

These are what I have:
http://www.a2stainless.co.uk/M12-x-1...-70_AICFS.aspx

The socket is 11mm deep and the overall length is 15mm so it would be cutting it a bit fine.

On that, the hole would only need to be deep enough to locate the magnet, then epoxy.

**pete376403** · 21st September 2011, 20:44

ok so how do I get a couple of these magnets from you?

Could pay in coffee beans if you like strong dark coffee
(http://www.coffeelala.com/coffee_blends.html - La Bomb)

**pete376403** · 21st September 2011, 20:47

Originally Posted by DR Girl

Would love 1 also if poss. Lost sump plug during a Epic Ride off Taupo Rd a cple years back. Had just done an oil change & put in sump plug finger tight.

Something I was told in my apprenticeship - never put a drain plug back in unless you tighten it there and then.

**cave weta** · 21st September 2011, 21:03

Originally Posted by SixPackBack

Yes they are strong, and they will lose their magnetism completely above a certain temperature, they are also brittle and prone to cracking/flaking without much provocation. Gluing them would give a little more confidence........

Not rare earth magnets- they dont flake and they are 48 times stronger than iron (flakey magnets) when he sends me a magnet it comes wrapped in 6" of corugated carboard to stop it sticking to the courier van www.dangerousmagnets.co.nz

**NordieBoy** · 21st September 2011, 21:11

Originally Posted by cave weta

Not rare earth magnets- they dont flake and they are 48 times stronger than iron (flakey magnets) when he sends me a magnet it comes wrapped in 6" of corugated carboard to stop it sticking to the courier van www.dangerousmagnets.co.nz

But he also says don't let them click together with force as they could shatter...

That's where I'm getting mine from.
The first ones he had to get in for me special

It gives me the willies just thinking of the force involved in a pair of his bigger magnets coming together...

**Ocean1** · 21st September 2011, 21:33

Originally Posted by cave weta

when he sends me a magnet it comes wrapped in 6" of corugated carboard to stop it sticking to the courier van

I make wall crawling robots, to carry instruments up bulk storage tank shells. Transporting one off shore is a bureaucratic nightmare, with supermagnets of that capacity the flyboys insist on up to 1M separation (depending on airline) and that means a 2.5M cube crate to freight something the size of a shoebox.

**Squiggles** · 21st September 2011, 22:31

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

But he also says don't let them click together with force as they could shatter...

That's where I'm getting mine from.
The first ones he had to get in for me special

It gives me the willies just thinking of the force involved in a pair of his bigger magnets coming together...

We shattered one

.

And don't ever try to pry em apart with kitchen implements...

**pete376403** · 22nd September 2011, 11:43

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

But he also says don't let them click together with force as they could shatter...

That's where I'm getting mine from.
The first ones he had to get in for me special

It gives me the willies just thinking of the force involved in a pair of his bigger magnets coming together...

As long as your willie isn't between the two magnets...

**XF650** · 22nd September 2011, 13:51

An alternative to shrapnel in ya willie - Suzuki quad diff bungs are same size as DR650, with magnet fitted as std.

**NordieBoy** · 22nd September 2011, 14:30

Originally Posted by XF650

An alternative to shrapnel in ya willie - Suzuki quad diff bungs are same size as DR650, with magnet fitted as std.

That's cause Suzuki doesn't trust farmers.

**Padmei** · 22nd September 2011, 20:35

Originally Posted by Ocean1

I make wall crawling robots, to carry instruments up bulk storage tank shells. Transporting one off shore is a bureaucratic nightmare, with supermagnets of that capacity the flyboys insist on up to 1M separation (depending on airline) and that means a 2.5M cube crate to freight something the size of a shoebox.

Man i've always wanted to be a wall crawling robot... Any jobs going with your work?