400 Stripped Oil Drain Plug - Can-Am ATV Forum

Well, it happened to me too. I was prepping my 2003 Outty 400 for an upcoming trip to Royal Blue and stripped the oil drain plug. I went to loosen it to change the oil and it started coming out sideways taking every thread in the case with it. Go figure. I read all the threads on this site about it and did some research on line. The thread for the plug on my 400 is a M18 x 1.5. Nothing was available at the local NAPA, Advance Auto, or O'Reillys. I saw the Time Serts and was interested in them but ended up ordering a Heli Coil kit meant for automotive oxygen sensor repair. (Helicoil 4833 Oxygen Sensor Thread Repair Kit M 18 x 1.5).

Several reasons.

1 Money
Less expensive than the time sert kit.

2 The tap was a combo tool that reamed the hole to the proper size while threading it for the coil. This was important for a couple of reasons. It minimized the chips by eliminating the need to drill the hole prior to threading it and it self aligned making sure that I got the heli coil in straight. Because the plug has a shoulder that seals on the surface of the case that is very important. If you thread it crooked it will leak.

This was easy to do and worked extremely well. Highly recommended!

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Last edited by HVACGUY; Yesterday at 05:14 AM.

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