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  • latexeses
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Jun 2008
    • 1491
    • California
    #16
    I would use the anti-seize compund on any dissimilar metal. Just to keep them from galling. For that matter, any similar metal too.
    RIP Whiskers (Shop Boss) 25+yrs

    "It doesn't hurt until you find out no one is looking"

    Everything on hold...

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      • Codger
        XSive
        • Dec 2005
        • 27
        • Iowa
        #17
        Free at last!

        Originally posted by bikerphil
        Hammer and a cold chisel. Tap a groove in the side of the plug and spin it counter-clockwise. Works every time.
        The middle drive plug on my Special had been stuck fast for the last five years- I tried the impact driver thing- the high heat extraction technique- and a host of other methods- nothing worked. I then did as the XS 11 sage-bikerphil- recommended- and lo and behold she broke loose. Thanks a bunch and a tip of the hat to you sir!

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          • CatatonicBug
            Master of XSology
            • Oct 2008
            • 6117
            • Clinton, UT
            #18
            Originally posted by Codger
            The middle drive plug on my Special had been stuck fast for the last five years
            Are you saying you haven't changed the middle gear oil in FIVE YEARS!!?? That poor bike!
            1980 XS850SG - Sold
            1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
            Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
            Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).

            Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
            -H. Ford

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              • TomRodgers
                XStremely XSive
                • Jun 2008
                • 492
                • La Porte Indiana
                #19
                a trick i have used many times on other stuck items involves a torch and an icecube. heat the plug (make sure no flamables are near!!!) slowly heat the plug and surrounding area up, then hold an icecube on the plug for a while. then quickly grab your allen wrench and remove...its worked for me!!!
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                  • Clerek
                    Truly XSive
                    • Jun 2009
                    • 144
                    • Spokane, WA
                    #20
                    Try taking a longer wrench and hit it with a rubber mallet...That worked for me. It was solid and I tried everything else.

                    -Rick
                    1979 XS1100 Standard

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                      • LoHo
                        XS-XJ Guru
                        • Sep 2002
                        • 1341
                        • Fresno, CA
                        #21
                        Mine were all stripped out back in the day, so I cut a groove in the bolt with a hack saw and did the cold chisel technique. I was able to find a couple of replacement oil drain plugs at the local auto parts store (their generic universal parts section) that had the right thread and a plastic gasket to keep them from locking up. They are a flat cap with a hex bolt head in the center, so a common socket can grip it. I had to put the screw part in a drill and grind away a little of the cap's lip to get it to fit in the hollowed out space on the rear drive, but they're still going strong eleven years later.

                        Hmmmm...maybe I should change out the oil in there...
                        "Time is the greatest teacher; unfortunately, it kills all of its students."

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                          • Codger
                            XSive
                            • Dec 2005
                            • 27
                            • Iowa
                            #22
                            Originally posted by CatatonicBug
                            Are you saying you haven't changed the middle gear oil in FIVE YEARS!!?? That poor bike!
                            I won't dwell on the technical difficulities involved but I changed and refilled the middle drive unit using the drain plug on the underside of the engine. Lets just say that its one heck of alot easier now that the fill plug is free. Thanks again- bikerphil!

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                              • bikerphil
                                Master of XSology
                                • Jan 2008
                                • 8630
                                • South Flori-DUH
                                #23
                                Yep, glad it worked out for you.
                                2H7 (79) owned since '89
                                3H3 owned since '06

                                "If it ain't broke, modify it"

                                โ˜ฎ

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