Author Topic: Oil pan anyone? (Read 3343 times)

stormi · « **on:** May 11, 2006, 03:36:32 PM »

Does anyone have an oil pan for a B4?

It appears that the 91 - 93 will work.

The person I bought the bike from stripped out the drain plug, and put in an over-sized self-tapping one in its place. This winter, we decided to have it tapped out and a different drain plug put in, but it would appear that something is still wrong. She's dropping oil from the drain plug at an alarming rate. I suspect it was tapped crooked, or something similar, so I'd like to replace the pan.

PitterB4 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 11, 2006, 03:47:44 PM »

OH!!!! Buy THIS one!!!!!! I swear it's been on ebay for 2 years at least. I'm sick of seeing it every time I search for "Bandit 400".

stormi · « **Reply #2 on:** May 11, 2006, 04:08:28 PM »

Is it just me, or are those pics of at least 2 different oil pans?

If it hasn't sold, it's cos he's asking too much. That's the only reason stuff doesn't sell.

That said,... I don't know what a used oil pan is worth.

Red01 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 11, 2006, 05:04:21 PM »

I think it's just you.

stormi · « **Reply #4 on:** May 11, 2006, 07:03:10 PM »

Quote from: "Red01"

I think it's just you.

Yeah,.. looking at it again, I think it was just the angle that made one pic look like it had a much higher rise than the other. I will have to take another look at the one outside, it seems to me that the pic has more contour than I remember, but then,.. the oil pan isn't one of the "curves" I tend to pay the most attention to on the old girl.

stormi · « **Reply #5 on:** May 12, 2006, 02:46:55 AM »

Alrighty,.. probably the same pan.

I have a line on not one but 2 oil pans now ( Sorry Rob, not the one on Ebay) and will fix this properly. In the meantime, after being told that the plug was tight and everything was right, the oversized washer (16mm vs 14mm I.D.) appears to have been skewed a little when the plug was put in last ( I didn't do it.) so, that was the source of a good deal of the problem.

It also turns out that the drain was tapped, but not drilled.

So,.. I think I know where things went wrong.

Once I have a proper Oil pan on her, I might just have someone else tap out this one, in case anything ever happens like this again. Even though, I've never stripped threads out of anything, stuff happens.

duane · « **Reply #6 on:** May 12, 2006, 03:06:28 AM »

Bike Bandit says about $75 (without delivery!)

Ebay $55 with delivery(!)

Ebay minus BikeBandit = a good deal for you!

Stripped, tapped, drilled, unthreaded, over sized, leaking, whatever= bad deal for you.

To me the math is simple: Save your money, get the Ebay part, and you'll minimize this aggravation.

stormi · « **Reply #7 on:** May 12, 2006, 02:24:38 PM »

Quote from: "duane"

Bike Bandit says about $75 (without delivery!)

Ebay $55 with delivery(!)

Ebay minus BikeBandit = a good deal for you!

Stripped, tapped, drilled, unthreaded, over sized, leaking, whatever= bad deal for you.

To me the math is simple: Save your money, get the Ebay part, and you'll minimize this aggravation.

True,.. but $20 + delivery is even better.

I've got 2 bandit alley sources that I would like to use first, then I'll go to ebay if they can't help me. I'd rather support the community here, than a wrecker business on ebay. Of course it doesn't help that my first and only experience buying from ebay wasn't exactly awesome.

gunter · « **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2006, 11:23:41 AM »

Be sure to replace the oil pan gasket while you're at it.

I pulled my pan a few weeks ago to clean it and ignored the service manual instruction to replace the gasket.

It looked fine to me, and besides, what do those Suzuki guys know anyways?

Now my previously drip-free bandit needs a rag under it when I park for the night

BikeBandit.com has them for like $6.00.

stormi · « **Reply #9 on:** May 13, 2006, 03:57:03 PM »

Quote from: "gunter"

Be sure to replace the oil pan gasket while you're at it.

Thanks! I will do. It wouldn't do to trade one leak for another.