spot the difference

[mini_me]

found out why my bike was making the woosh woosh sound every time it turned over
im just releived(sp?) that it wasnt a valve or a hole in the exhaust manifold
but im not even gonna start to think of the little bits of metal that could have been dropped down into the cylinder
:no:

[Storm]

And that right there is your very own christmas miracle :niceone:
Good to see someone getting lucky re bike maintenance

[vifferman]

Nooo....

I looked, very hard, but they look the same to me.


Both old, and crappy?

[Quasievil]

STOP PLAYING GAMES MINI ME OR YOU CAN GO TO YOUR CAGE, AND STOP BITING !

[merv]

found out why my bike was making the woosh woosh sound every time it turned over
im just releived(sp?) that it wasnt a valve or a hole in the exhaust manifold
but im not even gonna start to think of the little bits of metal that could have been dropped down into the cylinder
:no:

Looks like all the bits are there so I doubt you have anything to worry about metal in the cylinder. So what torque you been doing that up to so that it breaks? I can't say I have ever seen a plug do that before in my long life. I've seen broken porcelain top ends but never a busted threaded bit. Stripped threads in the alloy head is the usual screw up.

[mini_me]

Looks like all the bits are there so I doubt you have anything to worry about metal in the cylinder. So what torque you been doing that up to so that it breaks? I can't say I have ever seen a plug do that before in my long life. I've seen broken porcelain top ends but never a busted threaded bit. Stripped threads in the alloy head is the usual screw up.

im usually giving them an 1/8th turn after they go finger tight...im thinking i must have gone over it twice...
it had also been like that for a while judgeing by the burn marks up one side of the plug, it was also a brand new plug - less than 10 hours or so of riding on it
m/m

[Blakamin]

wow....never seen that b4 either.

How did you get the thread out????

[FROSTY]

mini me--180foot pounds is a bit too much for a spark plug-maybee for bearing caps on a 20l diesel but not a spark plug :devil2: :devil2:

[mini_me]

wow....never seen that b4 either.

How did you get the thread out????

tapped a screwdriver down the centre with a softfaced mallet and turned it out

[scumdog]

tapped a screwdriver down the centre with a softfaced mallet and turned it out

You must be a bit of a tin-arse, if I tried it I would end up with a screwdriver tip inbedded in the mess!!!

[Skunk]

I've had a plug do that - correct torque too. Blew the plug out and off the cap. :doh: