My Venture broke...

[Steve S]

Hello Venture Crew. 

I rode the Venture last week and noticed some coolant dripping on the ground after riding for an hour. (Really thought I had a leaking radiator hose.) I finally got around to checking for the problem yesterday and found the leak was coming from the radiator drain plug. I put a wrench on it to tighten it, and the head of the plastic plug broke off. Thankfully I had a left-hand drill bit and was able to spin the threaded part out without any problems. A new one has been ordered, and I will be able to ride it to Vogel next week.  

[RDawson]

45 minutes ago, Steve S said:

Hello Venture Crew. 

I rode the Venture last week and noticed some coolant dripping on the ground after riding for an hour. (Really thought I had a leaking radiator hose.) I finally got around to checking for the problem yesterday and found the leak was coming from the radiator drain plug. I put a wrench on it to tighten it, and the head of the plastic plug broke off. Thankfully I had a left-hand drill bit and was able to spin the threaded part out without any problems. A new one has been ordered, and I will be able to ride it to Vogel next week.  

Steve if you have trouble getting it in time let me know. I have a radiator off a bike I junked. I just checked and it came out easily. 

[Steve S]

On 8/6/2025 at 9:21 AM, RDawson said:

Steve if you have trouble getting it in time let me know. I have a radiator off a bike I junked. I just checked and it came out easily. 

Thank you, Ronnie.  We aren't Coming down until Wednesday so I'm pretty sure it will be here. If it doesn't, I'll get a short bolt that size, put a rubber seal on it and run it with that until the plastic one comes in. Can't leave a steel bolt in the radiator very long. It may not come out again.