Broke my bike...

**riffer** · 29th December 2004, 14:31

It was all going so well.

I ripped the forks off this morning, replaced the oil, which was grey and kind of lumpy with the new purple coloured Spectro SAE20W.

All went perfect.

Then I took off the fairings to get the oil filter cover off to get at the oil filter.

Drained the oil out of the bike, undid the oil filter cover (its an aluminium finned jobbbie) and cleaned up the oily mess that landed all over my headers.

Got the new oil filter out. O-rings are the wrong size. Nevermind, I replaced them six months ago when I last did the filter.

Check with the Haynes manual. 15Nm of torque to do it up to, put everything back as per the manual, and just as the torque wrench goes 'click', so does the filter cover.

Hmm. Sounds a bit dodgy. Nevermind, fill er up with oil.

Start it up, and there's oil pissing out of the bolt hole in the front of the filter cover. It's got a bloody crack right down it.

Shit.

Needless to say, parts are only available ex-Japan (six weeks) and cost is around $150.

Not what I needed. So, looks like no bike for six weeks.

**Deano** · 29th December 2004, 14:35

You must be gutted. I often get paranoid about tightening up stuff that matters. I guess a torque wrench would be good but sounds like it didn't help in your case.

Dumb question but you weren't using Nm instead of Ft/LB's or vice versa ?

**Yokai** · 29th December 2004, 14:47

Nooooo - man - that sucks.... I've been bikeless for 4 weeks now and I know how much a pain in the arse that is. You know of anyone that's got a wrecked one while you wait?

**riffer** · 29th December 2004, 14:51

Originally Posted by Deano

Dumb question but you weren't using Nm instead of Ft/LB's or vice versa ?

Yeah, I thought of that at first, but I think it's just wear and tear to be honest.

The only thing that's cheering me up at the moment is the 2NK-spec CDI making its way over from the US as we speak.

At least when it goes back on the road it will be making some serious power at the back wheel.

Pity I can't deregister it for six weeks.

**riffer** · 29th December 2004, 14:52

Originally Posted by Yokai

Nooooo - man - that sucks.... I've been bikeless for 4 weeks now and I know how much a pain in the arse that is. You know of anyone that's got a wrecked one while you wait?

Yes. I will be hitting them up for a loan as soon as I can contact them. Still going to have to bite the bullet and pay for another oil filter cover unless I can find someone wrecking either an FZR750, FZ750, or FZR1000.

**Ms Piggy** · 29th December 2004, 15:05

Stink mate. I have no mechanical knowledge, so all I can offer are sympathies.

NC · 29th December 2004, 15:48

Poor wee bugger

**Bonez** · 29th December 2004, 16:00

Originally Posted by celticno6

Not what I needed. So, looks like no bike for six weeks.

Can you not get the thing ali welded?

**ajturbo** · 29th December 2004, 16:19

Originally Posted by Bonez

Can you not get the thing ali welded?

my mate welded a piston for me..raced with it for over a year!!!

**marty** · 29th December 2004, 16:37

bugger.....................

**FROSTY:Me** · 29th December 2004, 16:48

Originally Posted by celticno6

Yes. I will be hitting them up for a loan as soon as I can contact them. Still going to have to bite the bullet and pay for another oil filter cover unless I can find someone wrecking either an FZR750, FZ750, or FZR1000.

Mate there is one winging its way to you as we speak.
from a fz750

**Motu** · 29th December 2004, 16:49

Maybe the filter housing wasn't quite lined up when you torqued the bolt? I don't trust torque wrenches,after 35 yrs in the trade I've got my own built in job.Once I was doing a V4 Johnson and as I didn't really know what I was doing ,I torqued every bolt to spec - and yeah,stripped some head bolts,next time I did it my way.

Cleaning my floors at work today,so fitted a new tyre to the XT between scrubs and blasts and queeges - so thought I might fit my race TT rear shock.It was a tight fit and had to relieve the frame and shock eye,hell of a lot of mucking around,then adapting the lower eye to the link,had to make spacers and stuff.Got it all set and went to put in the lower link pin - and find it's a bigger size! Bugger,all that work for nothing,and I got a leaky tank again too.Sometimes it just pays to leave them alone eh?