How hard can it be to do an oil change?

[avgas]

Filter wrenches.....worth their weight in gold my main man.
I looked at this issue when i had the FZ1.......saved 3 hours hassle getting the pipes off and walked into bike store and got filter wrench for $20.

[YellowDog]

Hmmm,
poor workman always blames his tools..... (as I think you realise)
What was wrong with the torque wrench?

Was it a break-back that had been left wound up for months?
His Fault.

Was it a normal wrench that he set to the wrong torque?
His fault.

Did he forget to reset the pin?

Did he have it set to lefty loosy?
You get the idea....


Should of realised it was tight when he was yanking pretty hard on the wrench....

He was going on about callibration etc, but that wasn't the problem.

He set the torque wrench correctly however he failed to break the wound up tension before actually using it on the oil plug bolt.

Is this an easy mistake? I don't think so. If you are using a torque setting of less than max, you always want to first test it will do its job.

Amazingly the garage managed to get Triumph to do a warrantee replacement. I say 'amazingly' because all he was trying to do was to avoid paying for a $200ish first service. There were software updates on my first service that there was no way I could do myself so I felt it was well worth the money.

[The Pastor]

heh its like when i take my clutch side cover off and a small rod falls down into the sump.....

[the mouse]

Torque wrench ! What is wrong with tightening until it strips, then backing off half a turn?

My old girl ( OIF Trumph) has a remote filter mounted behind the rear wheel, so an oil change means a good clean and check of the drive chain and rear of bike. Catches anything sneaking loose, and always runs better with new oil, lubed chain. Easy 2 hour task worth doing self.

[xwhatsit]

That's one thing that seems frustrating about a lot of aftermarket full systems, especially for twins and multis. They either run in front of the sump plug or require the elimination of the centre stand... no thanks. What I like about my Cycleworks exhaust is that the New Zealander who designed it clearly took the time and thought to make an oil change feasible without dropping the pipes, and the centre-stand bracket is even tidier and better-designed than the OEM pipes. It seems the big-name brands overseas could learn a bit from that.