Re: [St] Great list

[JES_VFR <jes_vfr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:24 PM 8/1/2007, you wrote:
>I have to say thanks to list and one person on it in particular. After
>posting my question about the drain plug yesterday, I received a call
>from a lister warning me not to make the same mistake he made. For that
>reason I will leave his identity anonymous but he'll know who he is.
>
>Apparently I was trying to remove the wrong bolt, and the bolt I was
>trying to remove goes to one of the oil cooler lines. Once I stuck a
>mirror under the belly pan it was plainly obvious and I found the
>correct bolt which as the lister mentioned is a 50 torx. It's a low
>profile bolt and from the side view on the lift is pretty unobtrusive,
>whereas the oil cooler line bolt was sitting right next to the oil
>filter although from the angle I was working the oil cooler lines were
>hidden.
>
>So maybe Triumph was doing the right thing by putting a non-standard
>size bolt on those lines. Now if they had just put something more
>standard on the real drain bolt. Don't have a 50 torx around, and even
>with a collection of 4 different sized filter wrenches I don't have the
>proper size for the Sprint's filter which I gleaned from the FAQ is a
>size Q. Looks like the Sprint will be up on the lift a few more days
>before I get a chance to run to the auto parts store.
>
>Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA -
>http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/motorcycles
>   '99 Sprint ST - for going fast and far (2CZUSA)
>   '01 KLR650 (A15) - for exploring the North Coast backroads
>   '97 KLX300 & '01 Lakota - for playing in the dirt
>   '79 KZ400 - just because it was the first vehicle I ever owned

Well, that changes things a bit. Spend the money and get a good set 
of hardened impact grade torx bits. I can't tell you how many 
non-forged/non- hardened bits I have distorted, rounded and otherwise 
ruined trying to undo bolts.
The 50 is big enough that you should probably consider getting it in 
a 1/2 drive set (preferably with the anti tamper dimple in the end).
This is not for the drain plug but for when you need it for other T50 bolts.

As for the filter, I bought a three finger wrench for the one on my 
honda and found out that it handles every other oil filter I have 
from the coffee can sized one that is in my mustang all the way down 
to the fits in a tomato paste can sized one on my nissan pathfinder 
(amazingly enough the honda filter for its 800cc motor is larger than 
the nissan's 3.3l v6). There are no worries about it slipping since 
the three fingers dig in when you apply torque to loosen the filter, 
infact it will even start to crush the can of the filter as opposed 
to slipping. It doesn't matter what the pattern of flutes, flats, 
dimples or ridges the filters has for gripping this tool will grab 
and twist off the filter. It only loosens them which is fine since 
you should only be hand tightening the filter when you install it (I 
do use a bottle gripper pad to tighten all my filters). I can't 
remember where I got it, but I can probably scare up a picture for you.


JohnS
A Dragon Ascending
"Forging my body in the Fires of my Will"

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