So I get a 2003 Sportsman 500 4×4 which had been long neglected (long story short) and i decide to change all fluids because it’d be cool to have it to play around. I get to transmission fluid, i remove the plug, clean it (lots of metal shavings on magnet, of course) and when i went to place it back, it just wouldn’t get tight (i was using a torque range, set to 14lbs). So i say, that’s weird, and i remove the plug, only to find out the actual thread was disintegrating and coming apart :motz: Please don’t let me be the only one that this has happened to :inv: I’m not taking it to the dealer $$$$$ and i’m hoping this won’t be an expensive do it myself fix :pedro:
Any ideas??
Thanks!!!

So I get a 2003 Sportsman 500 4×4 which had been long neglected (long story short) and i decide to change all fluids because it’d be cool to have it to play around. I get to transmission fluid, i remove the plug, clean it (lots of metal shavings on magnet, of course) and when i went to place it back, it just wouldn’t get tight (i was using a torque range, set to 14lbs). So i say, that’s weird, and i remove the plug, only to find out the actual thread was disintegrating and coming apart :motz: Please don’t let me be the only one that this has happened to :inv: I’m not taking it to the dealer $$$$$ and i’m hoping this won’t be an expensive do it myself fix :pedro:
Any ideas??
Thanks!!!