Drain plug

on the bottom of the bike about in the middle of the crank case is a drain plug
i've been told to never mess with it what is it?

I'm not really sure. But do you do everything you're told?:roflmao:

hardly ever, i've got bad vibes this time

thanks. i'll leave it alone. i heard it could be a mess:devil:

I tempted fate and took the plug out while doing an oil change. I got maybe an extra pint of oil out. I put some lock tite on it and put it back in no problems. I think to FUBAR it up yo would have to cross thread it or turn it until it goes into the case. For the amount of oil I got out I will most likely not mess with it again.:devil:

dirty mother harley trick

so far i've found two ways mother hd tricks us

1. useless drain plug which could only result in buying a new case:gah:

2. throwing in a container of "mink oil" so you put it on your saddlebags and ruin em:rant:

Actually getting that dirty oil out of the crank case is not a bad idea. I do it about once a year. You don't have to mess with the plug though, just change your oil as usual and unhook a return line. Start the bike up and watch the oil that comes out into your pan until it turns clean, less than a quart. Turn the motor off, hook the return line back up, top off your oil and you are good to go. AL

That looks pretty cool HotRK Im almost afraid to ask, how much is pricy? AL

that aint too awful bad if they are well made and last a while. I could justify it because, just think, getting all that dirty oil out of there is bound to extend your engine life. Now Im always getting the a's and b's bassackwards, on my 2002 Road King I believe I have the A motor?? AL

2. throwing in a container of "mink oil" so you put it on your saddlebags and ruin em...


Wait, wait, wait a minute. Saddlebags are made of mink now?!?!?





Sorry, hadda go there....

Hey HotRK before we digress too far, let me pick your brain, is the 2002 RK an A motor or a B motor, suppose I could check the manual down in my shop tomorrow. What modifications were made to the B motor. AL

Al...the RK and all touring bikes have the "A" motor. The "B",(Balanced) motor is exclusive to the Softail bikes. The A motors are rubber mounted in the frames. The B motors are hard mounted in the softail frames. The difference is, the B motor has rotating counterbalancers in the lower case. With the motor hard mounted in the softails, the counterbalancers eliiminate about 90%of the motors vibration.

I also have the Scavenger oil flush system. It is very well made, CNC machined billet aluminum. After I drain my oil I usually get an additional 28 ozs of dirty oil. It basically works the same as what you do, but instead of pumping the remaining dirty oil through a new filter, you use the scanveger puck.

After flushing out the dirty oil you put your new filter on and top off the oil bag. When ny brother saw how much dirty oil came out he bought one for his EVO.

you got it. no wonder it hurts saddlebags, should be using cow oil

Hey HRK...seems we can always find some reason to be out in the garage with the scooter

Ultra Al... If ya go to roguechopper.com you can watch a video demonstration of the oil scavenger system.