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1/26/2012 1:56pm
There has been snow on the ground for the last 4 months and I've been planning on racing the District 5 season opener this coming Sunday on my new to me 2006 YZ167 since last fall. Yes, it's a "real" YX167 built by MaxRPM. I bought it last year, planning on switching from woods races to MX in 2011. Bought it from another Vet racer who had meticulous maintenance records, all the documentation from MaxRPM etc.
So anyways, yesterday I drained and replaced coolant , did oil change, put on my new side and front number plates from Decal Works, went over every nut and bolt and just to be sure.....
Today I got home and it's 60+ degrees here in NE Ohio. Warmest day since early November. I mixed up 4 gallons of VP110 with 16 OZ. of Yamalube 2R (per MaxRpm instructions) and decided to rip up my back yard. Holy chit this bike rips. Weighs about as much as a mountain bike and feels as fast as my YZ250. This Sunday is gonna kick ass!
After 20 minutes or soI headed back to the garage, quick spray off with the pressure washer and dry with my girlfriends best bath towel. WD40 and a microfiber cloth to finish and DAMN this bike looks pretty. Ya know I think I'm just gonna change the oil again so she feels as pretty on the inside as she looks on the outside. Simple procedure, done it 274,817 times in my life right?
Drain the oil and it looks as clear as when I put it in yesterday. Re-installing drain bolt, ratchet, ratchet, ratchet, SNAP. Are you F'ing kidding me? Drain bolt snapped. Not only did it break, it broke right below the magnet. I laid the bike on it's side and looking into the drain hole I see the bottom of the magnet. This aint gonna be no simple easy out removal.
Anyone have any ideas on where I go next?
Thanks for listening and I hope your day went better than mine,
So anyways, yesterday I drained and replaced coolant , did oil change, put on my new side and front number plates from Decal Works, went over every nut and bolt and just to be sure.....
Today I got home and it's 60+ degrees here in NE Ohio. Warmest day since early November. I mixed up 4 gallons of VP110 with 16 OZ. of Yamalube 2R (per MaxRpm instructions) and decided to rip up my back yard. Holy chit this bike rips. Weighs about as much as a mountain bike and feels as fast as my YZ250. This Sunday is gonna kick ass!
After 20 minutes or soI headed back to the garage, quick spray off with the pressure washer and dry with my girlfriends best bath towel. WD40 and a microfiber cloth to finish and DAMN this bike looks pretty. Ya know I think I'm just gonna change the oil again so she feels as pretty on the inside as she looks on the outside. Simple procedure, done it 274,817 times in my life right?
Drain the oil and it looks as clear as when I put it in yesterday. Re-installing drain bolt, ratchet, ratchet, ratchet, SNAP. Are you F'ing kidding me? Drain bolt snapped. Not only did it break, it broke right below the magnet. I laid the bike on it's side and looking into the drain hole I see the bottom of the magnet. This aint gonna be no simple easy out removal.
Anyone have any ideas on where I go next?
Thanks for listening and I hope your day went better than mine,
Once out get a drain bolt off any CR125 or CR250
Those stock Yamaha drain bolts are junk anyway.
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DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
If you don't have one, should be able to find them at Northern Tool/Harbor Freight, Sears, or maybe a hardware store.
EZ outs have worked for me as well.
Good luck.
If there is much of an edge outside you might try a di-grinder and make a flat cut to mimic a screw head.
If neither of those work the next step would probably have to be a left handed drill bit as mentioned above.
If all else fails get yourself a nice tap and die set and get'r done!
If you have never done this before maybe try to practice on something else that is junk so you get the hang of it.
In my case it was smooth so I couldn't grab anything to turn it.
The liquid metal doesn't cause any heat so that worked for me without damaging anything.
Sucks that it happened, but thanks for posting. Always good to get a pre-season reminder to be super careful with drain bolts.
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