How the heck did you manage that?I have a nice $43.00 un-used emesis basin I brought home from the hospital after the bee incident. Insurance bought it for me so I figure I might as well get some use out of it. Great for final drive and in case I screw something up so bad on the bike that I puke.
That was the first plug I ever (over) tightened into the bike. I susequently purchased a torque wrench and read the instructions on the spark plug box. Doh! They're not like the plugs in small block Chevy's.
Wow, yea I know the feeling when I snapped the pinch bolt on my wr250f forks. Sucks
Unless you turn your bike upside down you're not going to get to the oil that resides in and around the gears case of the transmission. Sure it gets circulated when you're running the bike, so it's not static, but there is about a quart that stays behind. The Service Manual lists total amount of oil as 5.18 quarts. When changing without a new oil filter the quantitiy required to refill is listed at 4.02 quarts, with oil filter change the quanity required is 4.23.
They kinda sit down in a recessed area of the motor, so it would be pretty difficult to snug them up with just your fingers...
It's a sickness
yeah, I have a half dozen different wrenches myself; the one that worked for me is the type that has a flexible metal strap that 'wraps up' around the filter; instead of a handle like a strap wrench, it has a square hole where a handle would normally be; you stick a socket extension in the hole, then have great leverage with a ratchet handle. After the first couple of changes, I switched to K&N filters; the welded-on nut on the end sure makes life easier.
No I would still use a extension or something but would just keep wiggling until they are all the way touching. Then put the wratchet on and gently snug. A gentle snug just simple compresses the little washer that's on them, that is all that is needed no more...
A friend with a yzf600r uses a paper towel cardboard inner. He cut a open area at one end to go under the oil filter. This way when he removes the filter the oil goes along the cardboard, through the exhaust and into a pan. This keeps the oil off of the exhaust and the fairing. The oil filter is on the front of the bike for those who don't know.It's a sickness
I forgot to tell you even above & beyond the tin foil you will still get the allen bolt hole full of oil as it runs down the case. For this I stick the corner of a paper towel into the hole to suck out any remaining oil
Ahhhh, now I can sleep well at night as long as I remember to take my medication
I don't fill my tires with plain old air, I use nitrogen...
But that should be another thread (is it ok if you hijack your own thread?)
There is no Gear case for the transmission, it's all part of the engine cases. And it drains to the pan. The only oil that wont drain would be the oil absorbed by the clutch basket and a minor oil film on all the wetted surfaces,
Gears go all the way around, oil sits on top of the gears, in between of the gears, everywhere. Many places for the oil to get caught and not drain down...
Whatever, my main point was that wherever the oil is, it's darn close to 1 quart.
