Balls. broke my sump.

[dextersaurus]

https://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/281298_2076257119774_1645368025_1950641_3338885_n.jpg

So it sprouted an oil leak once i got it running again, and when i went to check the bolt the thing had a big crack down it.

So that's me without a bike for a month till i can afford another one, and i'll have to beg borrow and steal to afford petrol in the car or busses.

Perfect!

Anyway, this is how it looks now, till i can afford a new fairing set.

https://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/283851_2076111156125_1645368025_1950436_7516579_n.jpg

Dunc

[jimspeed]

was that the drain plug? looks like a job for chemical metal to me mate, tip her up so its no longer dripping out, give it a swill with some carb/brake cleaner/petrol and fill the hole up or stick the bolt in with quicksteel or similar..
or take the bus lol
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[dextersaurus]

Yeah it was.

Need to get a new sump now, i'd rather not risk it with chemical metal and the like, then dumping the oil all over the rear tyre at 70+.

Bus it is

Dunc

[andys675]

looks like a job for lumiweld

[swampy]

[Handsome]

[dextersaurus]

i'd cracked before now, it's when i went to take it off that it broke right off.

It was an oil leak that pointed it out to me.

Dunc

[Robby]

Don't mess about with chemical metal, get a new sump. Once you've properly prepped the area (sump off), glued the bit back on with chemical metal, and retapped the thread you probably will have spent the price of a second hand sump on glue and tools. Not many cheap tap and die sets come with M12+ taps.

Plus, the chemical metal will fail horribly anyway.

[loply]

I don't think you would necessarily need to re-tap it Rob?

And if you did, you wouldn't need a full set, just a single M12 finishing tap wouldn't set you back more than a quadruple Jack Daniels at a reasonably priced bar.

Personally I would carefully cut some marks in the cracked surfaces to provide additional surface area, prep it with whatever you have to hand (WD40, soap, hot water) and then try liquid metal. I'd be surprised if it doesn't work but clearly the problem will be not re-cracking it when you torque the bolt back up. I'd be tempted to replace the crush washer with an O-Ring.

Whilst you do this insert an M12 thread into the hole so that the liquid metal can't muck the threads up, if you remove it a bit before the metal sets it will come out properly later.
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[KLR600]

That's creepy, I did exactly the same thing recently except I hit my sump on a kerb!

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/serenaur/IMG_8515.jpg

Probably not much help but I was able to source a second hand sump at a good price by emailing every single breaker on ebay that listed any part for my bike (and some that didn't, I was a bit desperate!) and by putting the feelers out on the owners club forum, basically anywhere that stocked any part for my bike or where other people might know where to find one.

It's not like you've got a rare bike so just keep trawling ebay/breakers and you'll find a cheap one soon enough
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