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Originally Posted by capriccio
You over tighten that bolt. Did you use a torque wrench ? Looks like the oil filter cover (the female part in your picture) was stripped. I think you should buy the replacement. It is the 14091 part. |
This is the bolt/thread I stripped:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5lh7m95jg0qpdh1/IMG_0379.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/38nk7c63kfxij6f/IMG_0380.jpg
You can see it's slowly leaking oil and leaving a little pool under the bike.
I spoke to Kawasaki and they quoted me around £100 ($150) labour and a helicoil but said there is only 1 chance to get it right and it's not guaranteed, if they can't put a helicoil I'm looking at around over £2000 ($3000) in parts and labour for a new engine casing
