Kawasaki Concours Forum
The C10, aka Kawasaki Concours - The Original => The Bike - C10 => Topic started by: ZG RIDER on June 27, 2012, 03:00:04 AM
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97 C-10 with 71500K. Drain plug came out clean no metal. Is it magnetic to catch metal bits?
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97 C-10 with 71500K. Drain plugs came out clean no metal. Are they magnetic to catch metal bits?
Fixed it for you. Don't know for sure, don't think so.
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No
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NO.... Stock drain plug is not magnetic. I drilled mine and pressed in some small rare earth magnets and holy crap are they strong; would pick up without a problem a 16" adjustable wrench.
Plus I come home from rides with road junk stuck under the motor! lol
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Good idea T Cro! Funny about road junk sticking to them too, lol.
Where do you get these Rare Earth magnets? I've never looked for them, maybe they're easy to find.
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NO.... Stock drain plug is not magnetic. I drilled mine and pressed in some small rare earth magnets and holy crap are they strong; would pick up without a problem a 16" adjustable wrench.
Plus I come home from rides with road junk stuck under the motor! lol
Harley parts I guess.
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Good idea T Cro! Funny about road junk sticking to them too, lol.
Where do you get these Rare Earth magnets? I've never looked for them, maybe they're easy to find.
Found mine at a surplus/junk store; but they like magnets for some reason and have all sorts of them as well as tons and tons of surplus hardware. Look for .25" OD x .50" length.
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Where do you get Rare Earth magnets? At the second hand music store....
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BTW. Did anyone notice how I changed the OP from singular to plural on the drain plug? If the OP doesn't know, there are two drain plugs.
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BTW. Did anyone notice how I changed the OP from singular to plural on the drain plug? If the OP doesn't know, there are two drain plugs.
I read it three times and never caught the change. Good eye
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You can buy the mag plugs, 6 bucks maybe, google will find 'em.
magneticdrainplug.com or something like that.
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I think I found mine on ebay, can't remember the company that made them. Got one for the rear drive drain plug too. ;D
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I just put the rare earth magnet on the head of the drain plug. It seems to be very effective. They are way stronger than a standard magnet. I put a few around the oil filter also, just because I had them. Airplane people cut filters open and look for trouble, so I thought it would be a good indicator.
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What, nobody noticed he has 71.5 million miles on his bike? ;D
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What, nobody noticed he has 71.5 million miles on his bike? ;D
Yes, but then I thought maybe kilometers(?)
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I was just goofin'.
I put magnetic drain plugs on my bike at the last oil change. I'm curious to see what they caught. Hopefully, not much. :)
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71500k? Just getting broken in.
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;D