Sump Plug Crush Washer

Gday, the sump plug is torqued to 31 ft/pds and with my old metal crush washer no worries but seems tight,i tried some new single use fibre washers and before i could get to 31 pounds it was breaking up,so at the moment its not at the tightness specs,because its a much softer washer and forms to shape much easier would i still need 31 pounds? does anybody use these fibre ones or am i better off going back to copper ones, thanks

 

I'd use the real thing. Why try to out-engineer Yamaha on something so "trivial" yet so critical? Personally, I keep a handful of them in my parts drawer.

 

sorry i wont be able to reply for a couple of days,am heading up the coast for a few days.

 

Copper, aluminum or teflon washers work just fine, I'd avoid the fiber ones.

 

ok thanks guys, at the time the fibre ones were the only ones i could find locally without going to the yamaha dealer, got onto some copper ones though through ebay,i got 30 of them so its enough to last me a long tiime.

 

Fibre is for digestion, metal is for sumps! :wink: :wink:

 

LOL maxim, metal it will be.

 

Teflon sounds like a good upgrade.

 

I AM ROLLING X!!! Too darn funny! And clever I might add.