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MODEL SPECIFIC => SUZUKI BANDIT 600 thru 1200 - AIR/OIL COOLED TECHNICAL => Topic started by: tbot on August 12, 2005, 01:09:22 AM

Title: oil pan interchangeability
Post by: tbot on August 12, 2005, 01:09:22 AM: Found a bandit 600 oil pan. Will it fit work on my 1200 (1998)? They look identical.

Check my other post if you want to read why I'm asking this question.
Title: oil pan interchangeability
Post by: Red01 on August 12, 2005, 02:28:51 AM: They are the same... both the B6 & B12 use the same p/n for the oil pan.

Why not just JB Weld the crack though? It is minor, right?
Title: Broken
Post by: tbot on August 12, 2005, 08:42:27 PM: Quote from: "Red01"
They are the same... both the B6 & B12 use the same p/n for the oil pan.

Why not just JB Weld the crack though? It is minor, right?

Drop the pan today, it can down in two pieces. The right side front corner is broken off clean through. Pretty disappointing. If I glue it back, I doubt I'd ever get a good seal. Gonna go with another pan if I can find one. Also gonna see if I can find someone brave enough to put a torch to aluminum.

I've never used JB weld. I can't imagine it is strong enough for this.
Title: oil pan interchangeability
Post by: Red01 on August 12, 2005, 08:58:09 PM: It's some pretty good stuff. Once it cures, it takes the same kind of efforts to reshape it as you would expect from metal (files, powersanding, grinding, etc). Since the oil pan isn't subjected to high loads, it would probably do the trick as long as you can glue the pieces back together well enough to not effect the gasket surface's ability to make a seal with the bottom of the block. I've repaired a cast aluminum auto oil pan with the stuff (daughter ran the pan into a parking curb).
Title: nothing to lose
Post by: tbot on August 12, 2005, 11:25:53 PM: If I gettin tired of looking at my broken bike tomorrow, I'll give the JB Weld a shot. As you mentioned, getting it to seal right at the gasket may be a problem. The fracture is clean though. Still not sure how I ended up here...... :crybaby:
Title: oil pan interchangeability
Post by: Red01 on August 12, 2005, 11:30:15 PM: You'd only be out the cost of the JB Weld (~$5) to give it a try... and JB Weld is always a handy thing to have around.
Title: oil pan interchangeability
Post by: Arkan Eller on August 24, 2005, 02:33:35 PM: Just my opinion, but don't even bother messing with the oli pan. For the sake of the cost of a replacement pan (even a second hand one), it's not worth the risk IMO.

I tried to repair mine and it gave way at triple figures. Oil all over the back wheel, approaching an island and the inevitable happened. One broken leg and several hundred pounds later, I'd learnt a lesson.