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Is this a crush washer?

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Went to the dealer yesterday to get a filter and a drain plug crush washer. Didn't look too closely at what they gave me until I got home... it's not what I've received from a different Suzuki dealer before, or for any bike for that matter. Maybe it's normal though? The guy behind the parts counter seemed trustworthy.

(No, the washer didn't come on a card, that's just the back of the oil filter)

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It crushes. (I was confused as well when I bought a handful of them for the ol' FJ.)

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Would love to know what you were getting from other sources mentioned. :)
 
That is a genuine SUZUKI crush washer, if someone else gave you something different in the past they most likely just gave you a aluminum crush washer in the right inner diameter

They work just the same but are not genuine Suzuki like what you have now


Always use a new one of those, you can get away with re using plain aluminum or copper, but I find you really need to use a new one if your using the style you have. Those are very easy to strip the threads in your oil pan if you re use them
 
SweetOnion said:
Would love to know what you were getting from other sources mentioned. :)
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Every other time I've asked for a crush washer, I got a plain soft aluminum disc with a hole in it
 
JohnnyP636 said:
That is a genuine SUZUKI crush washer, if someone else gave you something different in the past they most likely just gave you a aluminum crush washer in the right inner diameter

They work just the same but are not genuine Suzuki like what you have now
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Thanks Johnny, that covers all scenarios
 
Have fun taking that off. I still can't do it without help lol
 
油井緋色;2361365 said:
Have fun taking that off. I still can't do it without help lol
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I put the crush washer in a vise, so the vise jaws are just grabbing the edges of the washer, lighty clamp it. And then just un thread the bolt out of the washer

If you dont have a vise you can use a good set of pliers or vise grips to grab the edges of the washer, but a vise is easier to handle it
 
JohnnyP636 said:
I put the crush washer in a vise, so the vise jaws are just grabbing the edges of the washer, lighty clamp it. And then just un thread the bolt out of the washer

If you dont have a vise you can use a good set of pliers or vise grips to grab the edges of the washer, but a vise is easier to handle it
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What do you use to grab the washer in order to unthread it on the vise?
 
油井緋色;2361369 said:
What do you use to grab the washer in order to unthread it on the vise?
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He's crushing the washer from the sides with the teeth of the vise
 
油井緋色;2361369 said:
What do you use to grab the washer in order to unthread it on the vise?
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I grab the washer in the vise by the edges, and use a socket to turn the drain bolt out of the washer. When you have the washer lightly clamped in the vise, the drain bolt comes out just like un threading a bolt out of a nut
 
JohnnyP636 said:
I grab the washer in the vise by the edges, and use a socket to turn the drain bolt out of the washer. When you have the washer lightly clamped in the vise, the drain bolt comes out just like un threading a bolt out of a nut
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oh...damn, I will try that later! Thank you.
 
油井緋色;2361378 said:
oh...damn, I will try that later! Thank you.
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I dont have a Suzuki drain bolt/washer handy, but here is a regular one just to help explain what I do

I used pliers here, but same idea in a vise, either way you need a good quality vise or plier with good teeth. If you have a huge vise with very large teeth on the jaws it will not work.

For me with these pliers it works every time, once in a while it may need a little prying with a small flat blade screw driver to get it off the bolt head a little to get it clamped enough..
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JohnnyP636 said:
Also just a heads up those usually have a sharp side and a rounded side, I always install the rounded side facing the pan, and the sharp side facing the drain bolt head
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With a soft crush washer this will work fine. It is considered good practice, in critical areas, to place the rounded side towards the bolt head in a situation where a steel washer is used as part of a normal fastening to protect the bolt head from possible cracking stresses.
 
So to recap, you hold the crush washer in a clamping device and then unthread the drain bolt as if it were coming out of a nut? Interesting.
 
inreb said:
So to recap, you hold the crush washer in a clamping device and then unthread the drain bolt as if it were coming out of a nut? Interesting.
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Make sure you take an advil for those fingers too
 
I guess this is all for naught as I stripped the drain plug threads while "removing" the plug to drain the oil. Super. The old crush washer is pristine, though
 
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