Friendly Honda 225-292-6242 in Baton Rouge LA (aka Friendly Yahama) had two
of those gaskets about 2 months ago. Call the parts dept with the part #,
available on the internet at service honda, etc. they will ship it to you.

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:14 AM, Gibs <[email protected]> wrote:

>           So I did what I said I was gonna do and brought my bike in to
> this guy who basically charges you $35 an hr for labor as you watch him
> work on your bike (and explains everything as he goes along). Turns out the
> battery is actually charging contrary to what the first guy I brought it to
> said. Went over the brakes again (turns out I did everything just fine),
> and switched out the clutch fluid as well. It shifts better now, but is
> still clunky. Also my oil pan is stripped, which I knew before as it was
> leaking *slightly* since I got the oil changed the first time. We looked
> at it together this time, drained it into a clean container, and tried
> adding some teflon tape stuff and he put on an o ring to try to seal the
> bolt it a little better. Now it's leaking worse :( He was talking about
> using this helicoil kit to fix it. I looked on ebay and found replacement
> oil pans for less than $50, the only issue is finding a new gasket for it
> is tricky... What can I do to fix this leaking oil pan?? Got so frustrated
> tonight because it's pretty much unridable until I solve this. Should I
> just go with a replacement oil pan? What do I do about the gasket? Can I
> use the one that is currently on the bike (can't imagine it being in usable
> condition once I take the current oil pan off)? I read about these rubber
> drain bolts, but they seem risky...
>       Thanks again for any help!
>
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