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Scooters - 125 to 300 => Yager GT 200i => Topic started by: ScooterWolf on December 11, 2010, 09:39:11 PM

Title: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: ScooterWolf on December 11, 2010, 09:39:11 PM
Anyone know what size it takes?

-Wolf
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: oswaldters on December 11, 2010, 09:46:24 PM
Don't know about that scoot- but I know on my agility it's 17mm.

Not sure if they standardize these things are not, but for what it's worth...
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: ScooterWolf on December 11, 2010, 09:53:01 PM
Thanks,

I'll look into that.

-Wolf
 
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: CROSSBOLT on December 11, 2010, 09:57:04 PM
Scoot, you talkin' about the drain plug?

Karl
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: ScooterWolf on December 11, 2010, 09:59:22 PM
I am. Do you know what size ratchet to use?

-Wolf
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: CROSSBOLT on December 19, 2010, 02:52:31 AM
I think mine is 17mm. I usually grab 14 to 17mm 'cause I never can remember and am too old, lazy and creaky to take more than one try to flop down, take out the plug and drain!

Karl
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: Hoolander2 on December 19, 2010, 02:57:46 AM
I'm not at all sure about this but it seems I have a vague memory or idea that oil drain plugs are standardized to SAE not metric. 

Anybody know?  Maybe just scoots sold in America? 
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: Forest Grump on January 09, 2011, 01:25:03 AM
It is a 17 mm if I remember right.  My Yamaha was a 17, two of them in fact.  Metric oil plus are just fine in the US.
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: ScooterWolf on January 10, 2011, 12:24:03 AM
Finally got a 17mm socket wrench, but it's been a while since I've had a chance to post. We have 3 inches of snow outside. It's 31 degrees F. No heat or power in the garage so I'll have to wait until it warms up before I can change the oil.

Anyone else riding in this weather?

-Wolf
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: Ronnath on May 18, 2012, 08:50:11 PM
hope it doesn't piss people off opening an old thread, but in answer to this thread's question: the oil screen screw needs a 17mm socket. swapped the oil this AM on my new Yager and didn't have a 17mm socket, so i used an 11/16 SAE. it was a bit sloppy but did the job.

after finishing the change went and bought a 17mm for future use. it fit perfectly.
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: ScooterWolf on May 18, 2012, 09:16:50 PM
Thanks Ronnath. I did manage to pick up that very size wrench. Fits like a glove. All oil changes have been a breeze since then.

-Wolf
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: Ronnath on May 18, 2012, 10:26:29 PM
you're welcome, wolf.

next up is my quest to find a solution to my transmission oil change problem.

wanted to swap out the trans oil, but didn't have a funnel small enough to fit into the filler hole (which is a horizontal screw fitting into a vertical surface) and went looking for same - no joy.

got a brain storm and i think a hand-held oil pump gun is the solution. one of these gizmos:

(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u121/ronnath/oilgun.jpg)

Granted, what’s pictured is an “el cheapo” from Harbor Freight, but you get the idea.
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: ScooterWolf on May 19, 2012, 03:38:57 PM
When it comes to being a mechanic I'm like George W. Bush trying to give a speech. Things are gonna get ugly. Changing oil, replacing screws and doing T-CLOCs is the most I know at this point. I just had the transmission oil replaced at around 8,000 miles by my dealer/mechanic, but I'm still wiling to learn. Let us know if your idea works though.

Cool idea,

-Wolf
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: Ronnath on May 20, 2012, 09:33:14 PM
here's a thread addressing the issue.

http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=6529.0 (http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=6529.0)


looks like a pretty good solution.
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: CROSSBOLT on June 12, 2012, 09:31:50 PM
I just changed engine oil in my Yager and it IS 17mm. Socket works better than box end since in my tool set the socket is thinner wall than the box end. This is the drain plug on the SIDE not the strainer on the BOTTOM.

Karl
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: Ronnath on June 12, 2012, 10:59:52 PM
I just changed engine oil in my Yager and it IS 17mm. Socket works better than box end since in my tool set the socket is thinner wall than the box end. This is the drain plug on the SIDE not the strainer on the BOTTOM.

Karl


thanks for the post, Karl.

I probably didn't make it clear in my previous post that the 17mm is exactly what's needed for the oil screen bolt on the bottom. it's good to know that the 17mm also fits the drain plug on the side.
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: Vivo on June 13, 2012, 06:40:15 AM
Are these things universal in size?


(http://www.rpm.com.tw/files/7c991bebf71032afb996e72fb41f17c4.jpg)
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: CapnJ on June 13, 2012, 10:10:22 AM
I know that my dipstick says GY6 on it. Where are those from?
Title: Re: oil cap screw size for ratchet wrench
Post by: Vivo on June 14, 2012, 02:15:27 AM
I know that my dipstick says GY6 on it. Where are those from?

They are after market colored anodized aluminum dip sticks from Taiwan.