Hi guys, been a while since I last posted, but hope you can help with this one. A low speed spill on my zxr750 P1 left me with damaged pride and a scuffed sump The sump has a light weep where it has ground down. Any ideas on how this can be repaired? I'm thinking it might be difficult to weld. Has anyone any experience with this kind of damage on crankcases etc? Thanks in advance!
You can always check with a welder to see if a repair can be done, however is replacing it an option? Im thinking you don't want oil coming out when you are on the track...things like this happen (please clicky the linky below) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIrvf9q8K4k
Brain's info is spot on, but to give you a better answer we would need to see the damage, can you post a picture? I have had cases welded on an assembled engine in the bike and it worked fine. Best thing to do is take it to a few local welders and ask them.
Where are you located? If this is a removable engine cover and you're near Detroit, I can have one of our company's welders look at it... I cracked the oil pan on my r6 a few years back. Took it off, ran it through the dishwasher (Amsoil is Mmm, mmm good ), and then had them weld it. It's been perfect since...
Thanks guys, excellent replies, really appreciate it. I figure for the cost of dropping the sump and get it welded, I may as well bolt a new one on. Or at least second hand, there is one on ebay at the moment that I'm bidding on... Otherwise I'd be checking the repair for leaks every time I got off the bike.. Wish I hadn't watched that video
we here to help BTW, Brian is VERY smart when it comes to bikes. You won't go wrong by following his direction. if you don't win on ebay consider checking the WERA.com BBS.
Kozy could fix it with a Coke can & some JB Weld. I've seen him do it. Seriously though, a new or used one will be well worth the price in piece of mind alone. If you "got off the bike" at say the end of the back straight at Mid-Ohio due to a leak, "checking the repair for leaks" would be at the bottom of a long list of things that needed checking. :wink:
Id hate to say it since it makes me sound like a hillbilly, But ive used JB weld on many aluminum parts and have never had a problem. I fixed a students R1 clutch cover that was leaking last year after a spill with some and had him back on the track after lunch. If theres no other problems except that it leaks, try to patch it first with the JB weld. Its worth a shot and may save you alot of time and money.
Save yourself or someone else's grief by getting another oil pan. Imagine what mood you would be in if you found out you crashed because of oil on the track from someone's "on the cheap" oil pan repair failed. It is one thing if it was the case or an at the track repair, but for a bolt-on part that you had all winter to replace there is NO EXCUSE not to replace it.
Good advice Mike. It's one of those things that hasn't stayed at the forefront of my mind because it's been working, but you're definitely right. In fact, the engine is out of the bike right now for a valve adjustment, so I'll grab a new pan and put it on before re-installing. Thanks. :idea: