Anyone know where I can get a 10mm pipe plug?

bowerbird · 12-20-2008, 11:20 PM

I can't find one anywhere online. Come to think of it, I can't really find a good distributor of metric hardware at all. Any ideas?

Andy-Gadget · 12-20-2008, 11:35 PM

What pipe are you trying to plug?
Is it a tapered pipe fitting?
Is it a hydraulic hose?
More info please

bowerbird · 12-21-2008, 12:11 AM

Trying to plug level check plug on final drive of an 82 R65. Threads were stripped (not my fault) and it was tapped out to a 10mm. The tap was not perfectly square (my fault) so anything with a head will not connect flush with the final drive case. I thought a tapered pipe plug would be a reasonable compromise.

Anorak · 12-21-2008, 12:15 AM

Maybe like something on this list? Metric Multistandard

PaulRS · 12-21-2008, 12:19 AM

A normal 10 mm bolt with a bit of gasket goo will do, or wind some teflontape around the bolt.

Paul.

Andy-Gadget · 12-21-2008, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bowerbird

Trying to plug level check plug on final drive of an 82 R65. Threads were stripped (not my fault) and it was tapped out to a 10mm. The tap was not perfectly square (my fault) so anything with a head will not connect flush with the final drive case. I thought a tapered pipe plug would be a reasonable compromise.

Agreed, glue the Fuc ker in place, and unless you have an oil leak just drop the old oil and refill with the correct volume, level plugs on Guzzi's tell BIG lies, and so NOBODY trusts them, or at least I don't anyway

bowerbird · 12-21-2008, 12:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fluorescentbrown

Maybe like something on this list? Metric Multistandard

That's what I need. I'll give them a call Monday. I hope shipping is not going to be annoyingly expensive.

Uncle Ernie · 12-21-2008, 04:41 AM

+1 on the pipe tape. If it's the plug I think it is, the same thing happened on one of my Beemers. I just used tape and stopped twisting it in place before I lost tension. I don't think there';s any real pressure in there, so you just have to keep dirt out as well as keep oil in during turns and bumps.

mark1305 · 12-21-2008, 08:14 AM

+1 on gluing it in. My ST came to me with the level plug epoxied in by a PO 2 owners prior.

Or, if you don't like the permanancy, try a nitrile (Viton) o-ring under the head of the bolt to compress unequally. That together with teflon tape should seal and resist backing out.

onaXR · 12-21-2008, 08:24 AM

Go to NAPA and get a 10mm bleeder screw, it has the correct pipe thread and wont need glueing.

12-20-2008, 11:20 PM	#1
bowerbird ^OP BMW R65 Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Oddometer: 130	Anyone know where I can get a 10mm pipe plug? I can't find one anywhere online. Come to think of it, I can't really find a good distributor of metric hardware at all. Any ideas?

12-20-2008, 11:35 PM	#2
Andy-Gadget Any bike can go anywere Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Hobart, Tasmania Oddometer: 1,251	What pipe are you trying to plug? Is it a tapered pipe fitting? Is it a hydraulic hose? More info please __________________ "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest" Benjamin Franklin. '95 Sport 1100 Guzzi,'84 Cali 2 Guzzi, '95 Guzzi mille, '84 R65LS, '84 R100, '82 R100RS, '05 DL650, '72 Bultaco Sherpa T 350, '78 Montessa 348, "00 XR650R

12-21-2008, 12:15 AM	#4
Anorak Woolf Barnato Joined: Jul 2004 Location: OAK Oddometer: 29,133	Maybe like something on this list? Metric Multistandard __________________ 'Gonna get me a six pack...push people off the highway!' "they live off the carrion of our mutual distrust and bribe us with symbols that equate hatred with manhood." "I mean at the end of the day, I was addicted to Starting Fluid for Christ's sake!" "Yeah, that guy sure is terrible at touching moms"

12-21-2008, 04:41 AM	#8
Uncle Ernie Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Asheville NC Oddometer: 3,978	+1 on the pipe tape. If it's the plug I think it is, the same thing happened on one of my Beemers. I just used tape and stopped twisting it in place before I lost tension. I don't think there';s any real pressure in there, so you just have to keep dirt out as well as keep oil in during turns and bumps. __________________ LOOK OUT IT'S COMING THIS WAY!

12-21-2008, 08:14 AM	#9
mark1305 Old Enough To Know Better Joined: Feb 2005 Location: Merritt Island, FL Oddometer: 5,517	+1 on gluing it in. My ST came to me with the level plug epoxied in by a PO 2 owners prior. Or, if you don't like the permanancy, try a nitrile (Viton) o-ring under the head of the bolt to compress unequally. That together with teflon tape should seal and resist backing out. __________________ Mark J Merritt Island, FL When a person asks you for advice, they don't want advice. They want corroboration.

12-21-2008, 12:11 AM	#3
bowerbird ^OP BMW R65 Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Oddometer: 130	Trying to plug level check plug on final drive of an 82 R65. Threads were stripped (not my fault) and it was tapped out to a 10mm. The tap was not perfectly square (my fault) so anything with a head will not connect flush with the final drive case. I thought a tapered pipe plug would be a reasonable compromise.

12-21-2008, 12:19 AM	#5
PaulRS Dutch fool Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Holland, land of tulips and wooden shoes Oddometer: 679	A normal 10 mm bolt with a bit of gasket goo will do, or wind some teflontape around the bolt. Paul.

12-21-2008, 08:24 AM	#10
onaXR Druid Joined: Jul 2005 Location: WV Oddometer: 2,075	Go to NAPA and get a 10mm bleeder screw, it has the correct pipe thread and wont need glueing. __________________ Klaatu barada nikto

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