Someone Please Help!!!

[sackcheck]

I'm just trying to change my oil, cause it's filled with gas you know, from my other posts. It's an 89 Radian, the oil pan nut is stuck and so is the oil filter nut, am I missing something here. Is it clockwise counter clockwise, or did some Dumbass before me tighten them with a Torque Wrench. I've used Break Away and even Liquid Wrench and nothing. Can someone please HELP ME! THANKS

[afm199]

They are standard thread, which means you loosen them by turning them left. If someone tightened them with a torque wrench they were probably tightened correctly, that is what torque wrenches are for. Think of them as like a hose faucet and turn them that way. As if you were turning a faucet ON>

[ALANRIDER7]

I would strongly advise you to seek professional assistance at this point.

[Sane_Man]

Originally posted by ALANRIDER7
I would strongly advise you to seek professional assistance at this point.

True Dat.

You don't sound like you know what you're doing, and you may be trying to unloosen the wrong bolts.

You will be kicking yourself after you've spent three times more many fixing what you broke, then if you paid someone to do it for you and possibly show you how to do it correctly.

[Stormdragon]

I'd really recommend a service manual be acquired. I like to do a lot of my own work as well and while things may seem obvious, it's always nice to have something to double check if there are any doubts.

[Drag me & C]

Originally posted by sackcheck
I actually came to this forum seeking professional help cause I hate getting bent over at a garage for a $6 items and a 10minute job. But thanks for your thoughts any way, I guess it's better to have someone else brake it so they can bare the guilt. :)

Obviously it is not just a simple $6 items and 10 minute job or you would have had it done. Sometimes (particularly when working on a bike as old as yours) mechanics run into these situations. Which is why you will see so many shops that won't work on a bike that old. A "10 minute" job ends up being a stripped or broken bolt that takes time and special tools. It seems you have a low opinion of service shops maybe you have been burned and that I understand but remember shops exist because many people just should not do their own work. There are fair and friendly shops out there take moment you will find one. Yes and having them having to deal with the hassle is why you pay them. LOL

[sackcheck]

I got the plugs out already(torque wrench) , it took a little more force than It should have taken. I've done a lot of work on VW's and know what happens if you go too far on a air cooled engine an I didn't want to have to re tap a bolt. Since this is my first bike and have never worked on a Yamaha before I didn't know weather or not it was reverse threads or I had to take the screw out before the bolt. Cause there was just way too much torque than there is suppose to be.

I was sort of in a panic and stressed out when I had posted. And just needed a little info on the bike it's self since there were no garages open at the time other than this one. :) Thanks!

[awgeezdawn]

Glad you got your nut off.
You'd probably want to purchase a service manual if you plan to service it in the future. :nerd

[Zerox]

Originally posted by awgeezdawn
Glad you got your nut off.

Wah?!? ;)

Here's the owner's manual for a Radian:
http://www.pr.uoguelph.ca/cpayne/radian/manual.html

[Sane_Man]

Originally posted by sackcheck
I got the plugs out already(torque wrench) , it took a little more force than It should have taken. I've done a lot of work on VW's and know what happens if you go too far on a air cooled engine an I didn't want to have to re tap a bolt. Since this is my first bike and have never worked on a Yamaha before I didn't know weather or not it was reverse threads or I had to take the screw out before the bolt. Cause there was just way too much torque than there is suppose to be.

I was sort of in a panic and stressed out when I had posted. And just needed a little info on the bike it's self since there were no garages open at the time other than this one. :) Thanks!

A torque wrench wasn't designed to break bolts loose, but if you worked a lot on VW's, you already knew that. ;)

[wstick1]

Originally posted by ALANRIDER7
I would strongly advise you to seek professional assistance at this point.


+1, that whole righty-tighty, lefty-loosey thing gets pretty complicated when the screw is upside down! :laughing

[sackcheck]

A cheap broken torque wrench from Harbor Freight is a good candidate for a breaker bar. Bolts and plugs no nuts.