removing the oil pan

[bargovic]

Oh yeah, the reason why you need to replace the pan is because of over torquing.
Get yourself a quality torque wrench and learn how to use it.

Have a torque wrench, i was just impatient and did it by hand and F'd it up.

[bargovic]

FWIW,

I got the pan off by removing the plastics and loosening the muffler to flex the pipes down just slightly.  Then with alot of wiggling and a few curse words and sips of beer, i was able to slide pan out the kick stands side. Oh yeah, had to removed the lil mount for the plastics by the kickstand too.

But not removing the headers was nice, since those allen bolts are clearly rusted and would have stripped easily.

[GSRider]

No luck on the regular or piggyback self tapping plug in 14x1.25.
I checked with my suppliers, and they do not carry that sizing at all.

Sounds like a lot of work to get the oil pan off.
It was a pain in my back to remove the motor today.

I need some Advil.