jeznewsome wrote:I never expected my post to generate such interesting banter. After some searching (16x20 doesn't appear to be a common size) I found a pack of 50 from GWR Fasteners on EBay for the princely sum of £2.90 delivered. I'll be dead by the time they run out, if I don't loose them first.
Boxered wrote:How difficult is it to plan ahead and purchase 10 x crush washers, I keep them in a jar on the shelf next to the 2 x oil filters that I keep on hand, you know that you will keep your bike for a given time period, you know that you will have to service it! Gentlemen, planning is everything!
Tapio wrote:if you buy a new washer, you can never find it when it is time to change the oil, so you use the old one.
I always get one of these washers with the oil filter when I buy OE.
Don't know if this is a BMW thing, or just something my dealer does but there's always one in the box.
If you buy the service KIT from MotorWorks or Sherlocks or MotoBins they will send you: The Spark Plugs, the Oil & Air Filter and all the washers you need depending on model. GearBox, Sump Plug Bevel box etc. So then you would have the washer brand spanking new when you needed it - just saying.
There would appear to be a surfeit of prolixity and sesquipedalian content today please do not use a big word when a singularly un-loquacious and diminutive linguistic expression will satisfactorily accomplish the contemporary necessity
Best solution is to use a Dowty sealing washer.
Steel washer with rubber bonded to the ID so it seals against the bolt / plug head, the face of the sump etc it is going into and also the thread of the bolt.
Infallible, available in imperial and metric sizes and cheap.
SP250 wrote:Best solution is to use a Dowty sealing washer.
Steel washer with rubber bonded to the ID so it seals against the bolt / plug head, the face of the sump etc it is going into and also the thread of the bolt.
Infallible, available in imperial and metric sizes and cheap.
....used extensively in the hydraulics industry, so capable of sealing very, very high pressures. Although under those conditions the fittings have a little more to them than meets the casual eye, in detail design, to control the deformation of the rubber.
Sealing a few inches head of oil, no problem with any old plug probably. My only reservation using it in this very light duty application might be insufficient friction generated in the metal to metal contact? Motorcycle sumps are very fragile compared to your average hydraulic pump etc.
