drain plug

Have the clutch cover off while I’m replacing the water pump seals. Using a green roloc wheel to remove the old gasket but a piece of gasket material found its way around my rag/tape and in an oil passage. The drain bolt at the very bottom of the cover, the passageway from the oil pump up to...

So the oil drain bolt was over tightened, and this is the result after removing the bolt for the first time owning the bike to change the oil...:crying:. (REFER TO PICS). There are numerous threads on this very topic that can be found on KLRforum.com, but I still think that there are...

So I have a crack in my crankcase right at the drain plug. Sounds pretty much exactly like Moriver's post from last year: can't post a URL linking it because I'm a new member, but search "oil leak at crack in drain plug" like his, mine runs from the flat shiny surface where the washer seats...

I need some help! Please! Tonight I decided to take the bike out and get it nice and warm then change the oil one last time before parking it for the winter. It was about 50 degrees outside. I drained all of the oil.. then was going to put the drain plug back in to 16-17 ft/lbs... when it got to...