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stripped crankcase drain

scottmastrocinque said:
If you mean how do you clean the pan that is removed from the bike? With any degreasing solution or even Dawn liquid dish soap. Use an old cloth and wash it out real good with hot water and dry well, preferably with compressed air.

Please do not use Emory tape on any of the sealing surfaces. They are perfectly straight. A little pitting will affect nothing as the seal will squish into the space, but if you destroy the straight edge, then you can get leaking.

The gasket is installed perfectly dry. You can use Blue Hylomar to increase the sealing capability of the gasket but I wouldn't use anything else.

Do not put anything on the bolt threads. They should be clean and dry, and they are tightened no more that seating them plus 2-3mm additional turning. It doesn't take much force at all. DO NOT OVER-TORQUE THESE fine thread steel bolts as they will tear the aluminum threads right from the case!
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I'm wondering about the new pan that just arrived from Harper's.

I'll leave the pitting alone then. Was just concerned that it seems to have dust or something in it from sitting in the warehouse and felt like I should clean that out rather than just installing it and letting the oil and filter take care wash it out as it cycles through the engine.
 

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You can clean that scale pitting with 0-0-0-0 steel wool which you can get at Lowes, Home Depor, Acd Hardware, auto body paint store, etc.

This is not a Brillo pad! It is superfine steel wool.

Rinse anything you rub with it, especially well.
 
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