Re: Post-oil-change dribbling

["Kyle Rocke" <kyle.rocke@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've also have the regular hex bolt on my 99ST. So Erik Miner's not the only
one.

Kyle
Stockholm Sweden
99 ST "Black Widow"


- -----Original Message-----
From: Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, May 05, 2000 7:04 AM
Subject: RE: Post-oil-change dribbling


>At 10:12 PM 5/4/00 -0400, Erik Miner wrote:
>>FWIW my 99 has a plain old bolt. No hex, no torx, just a bolt. so I
>>just use a plain old socket!
>
>Are you sure it was that way from the factory ? I have seen a couple hex
>bolts on the 955s but all the STs I have seen have been Torx. The drain
>plug bolts are designed to shear off if over-tightened - better the bolts
>than to destroy the threads in the socket. An off the shelf bolt used as a
>quick substitute could end up being quite costly in the future.
>
>- Eric
>
>
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