striped tranny drain

[woodsrider823]

I stiriped the hole for the tranny drain plug on my kdx and its not holding oil right now. I was thinking about re tapping with a bigger tap. any one done this or have any ideas? any imput would be awsome thanks

 

[mxwannabe]

You could tap it the next size up or just helicoil it. Helicoil is fairly simple, basicly all you need is a steady drilling hand and the helicoil kit. Good luck

 

[Jeff Sexton]

I've done it both ways. You have to be careful with the heli-coil because it's possible to thread the coil too far into the crankcase and close off the hole that drains the transmission. I had this problem with a KX65. When my son stripped out his KX85 I went the other route and just drilled and tapped to a bigger size. As for me I prefer the latter. Fortunately, I haven't had this problem with any KDX machines yet.

 

[j32]

try chaseing the threds with a standerd tap and try a standard bolt and locktight

 

[droopie69]

I stiriped the hole for the tranny drain plug on my kdx and its not holding oil right now. I was thinking about re tapping with a bigger tap. any one done this or have any ideas? any imput would be awsome thanks

Just had it happen to me. I tapped it to 1/2 fine thread and got a allen head bolt so it would have a small head to fit the little recess on the bottom of my case. I got a little gasket to fit it and it worked perfect.