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[Doug Pippin]

Peter Another method to remove the cover is to insert two of the screws back into just the cover. Then pinch the screws together and the threads will grip the cover and you can rock the cover out. As said in previous replies it's easier to remove while hot. Doug in NC ---------- At 11:46 AM 8/3/2007, you wrote:

>12a. Oil Filter Cover > Posted by: "pecos1046" pecos1046@... pecos1046 > Date: Fri Aug 3, 2007 8:16 am ((PDT)) > >I am having a difficult time removing the cover for the oil filter. >It seems like a vacuum is >keeping it in place. Does anyone have a suggestion to remove the >cover the easy way? > >Thanks, > >Peter

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[Jim Priest]

My tried and true method - remove bolts - wack it with a mallet (gently) to rotate cover a bit - put two wire ties through each bolt hole and pull on wire tie loops. Jim

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Norm Keller" wrote:

> > You could remove the bolts on the oil filter cover, cold engine,

and rev it over 4,000 RPM. That should remove the cover. One downside however, well more than one downside.....

> > I simply twist and wiggle the covers to remove. As Jeff says,

having the engine warmed up helps. Regardless, it is best to drain the oil, hot.

> > Make sure that you recognize that I was kidding about starting the

engine with the oil filter cover bolts out. If you decide to do this, best to have a big supply of rags and Zorb-All. (VBG)

> > HIH > > Norm > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Norm's advice for having a big supply of rags and Zorb-All (or redneck cat litter!) is equally true for starting the engine with the oil cap 'missing' or laying on the floor. Yes, if you laughed at that, and you know who you are, you too have expericed the KLR 'hot-flashes' as in, "Why is there hot OIL on my leg!" after starting the bike with the oil cap AWOL. cough. at least that is what I have heard.... revmaaatin.

[Jacobus De Bruyn]

Driving a bicycle in Costa Rica is suicidal, the roads are narrow, traffic is hectic, and as the man said: you cannot keep up, so you become an obstacle. It all depends on the level of civilisation of the country, in Holland driving a bike is safe, drivers behave like human beings mostly, and are accustomed to bicycles in traffic, and there are special bicycle-paths everywhere since I was a boy, nothing new. I remember the days when almost no one had a car, and 90% of the population drove bicycles, not for fun or pleasure, blah in the cold rainy windy weather, but as the only means of transportation besides steam trains and electric trams. In the U.S. that is not viable anymore, since the urban sprawl is designed for cars. Cars, the curse of civilization! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433