Where to find M17x1.25 bolt?

Those pics you showed were of the oil pan the bolts i'm thinking of are the ones under the alt and points cover. So it is 18 then. I would just use those its under pressure. never mind I just reread the post so one has to go to the oil pan. How about this I have an 82 oil pan and oil cooler I'm looking to get rid of. Pm me if you are interested.

MFolks wrote:

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Nope.

Do you already have an oil cooler? Like said I have one with oil pan. It might come out cheaper for you in the long run.

I have an oil cooler from a ZX6R, just no way to hook it up and a ZX6R oil pan obviously won't fit my KZ750.

I might eventually just get the pan, cooler and lines from a GPz750, ZR7 or Zephyr.

I was mostly just curious as to where this mythical M17x1.25 bolt might be found...

I had the same probelm, I could not for the life of me find that bolt anywhere. I work as a mechanical design engineer and I called places that supply fasteners to the auto industry, and heavy equipment manufacturers. Best I can tell that is a kawasaki purpose built bolt any only they used it. You can find one from another oil pan, or make one on a lathe. Thats about it. BTW Kawasaki dosen't even list that part in thier diagrams either. But it does exist.

I choose to part the barbed end of an oil cooler fitting off, drill and tap it, then install an 1/8 inch pipe fitting. I can post a pic if you would like.

Tyler wrote:

I choose to part the barbed end of an oil cooler fitting off, drill and tap it, then install an 1/8 inch pipe fitting. I can post a pic if you would like.

Yeah, let's see what you came up with...