Topic: Could someone post a picture

[Whaleman]

of where the frame drain holes are on a K2. Thanks Dan

[MCRider]

Curious too.

[edwardmorris]

Page 4 of my K2 build thread has some

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=126735.75

[edwardmorris]

Better yet, this shows where they should be if missing

[Whaleman]

Thanks,Dan

[goldarrow]

Better yet, this shows where they should be if missing

Are the holes supposed to be there from factory? 

[edwardmorris]

I think so. There is a good write up from Mark/Hondaman on yet another factory mess up in a rush to get these things out the door. I'll try and find it. With mine, I noticed they were missing around the same time I read the post from Mark. He mentioned having to drill these himself on some the bikes he does, and how water came out. He was dead on, look at page 4 of my build thread for Project Ice Cream, I drilled them on the frame and a puddle of water on the floor.

[fmctm1sw]

This made me get up and go to my garage and look at my K3.  I don't see any holes...     

[edwardmorris]

Found it here

....On the 1970-71 K1, many of the lower holes were forgotten in production (even some K2 bikes were this way, before it was over). There was a "quiet" service memo sent out to have dealers watch to see if the holes were missing at the lower bolsters, and the instructions were to drill a 7/32" (3mm) hole behind each one, if not present. More than one of the ones I did had water come out during this 'mod'. I usually took an oil squirt can and squirted a bunch of oil into the holes you show, until it oozed out the [new] bottom ones, hoping to extend the frame life. Now, when I have frames out of bikes, I spray CRC into the holes until it RUNS out of the lower ones, then turn the frame over and do it the other way. That will stop any rust, almost forever, right where it is.