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1st oil change/cleaning oil strainer
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 11:46 pm
by Edmund Rowe
I have a new 2003 A17 KLR 650 with 200 miles on it.
I m planning on changing the oil, cleaning the oil strainer, and installing
a magnetic oil plug. This is NOT a substitue for the
500 mile service.
Thanks to my newly arrived Clymer manual I m looking at chapter 6 pages
137-138 on the procedure for opening up the right crankcase cover and
accessing the oil strainer.
The procedure seems pretty straightforward. I don t think the coolant needs
replacing yet, so I ll skip that part of the procedure. Also, the cover
gasket should not need replacing (I hope). I m planning on getting some
molybdenum disulfide grease.
I have metric tools and torque wrenches and loctite for the reassembly.
Also a rubber mallet for tapping the cover should it not come off easily.
Am I missing anything? Any pitfalls on this procedure I ought to watch out
for?
The Clymer is much easier to read than the factory service manuals!
Edmund
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1st oil change/cleaning oil strainer
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:18 am
by bigfatgreenbike
erowe@... wrote:
>Thanks to my newly arrived Clymer manual I looking at chapter 6 pages
>137-138 on the procedure for opening up the right crankcase cover and
>accessing the oil strainer.
>
>The procedure seems pretty straightforward. I don think the coolant needs
>replacing yet, so Il skip that part of the procedure.
>
You don't have a choice. The impeller has to come off to get the clutch
cover off, so you'll be draining the coolant. Save it in a clean
container and reuse it.
> Also, the cover
>gasket should not need replacing (I hope). I planning on getting some
>molybdenum disulfide grease.
>
I was able to reuse mine.
> I have metric tools and torque wrenches and loctite for the reassembly.
>Also a rubber mallet for tapping the cover should it not come off easily.
>Am I missing anything? Any pitfalls on this procedure I ought to watch out
>for?
>
Yes, you have to unscrew the impeller from the water pump shaft as if it
were a nut, and very gently. If you just pull it off, the threads on the
shaft will ruin the oil gasket. Screw it back too.
--
Devon
Brooklyn, NY
A15-Z '01 KLR650
'81 SR500 cafe racer
"The truth's not too popular these days....."
Arnold Schwarzenneger, in The Running Man
tools for the road
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 5:03 am
by dumbazz650
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, don dotson
wrote:
> KLRians-
> Can't find my list for tools for the road. Isn't
> there a site that lists them?
> TIA,
>
> don in UTah
>
Well, Don, just take $200 in walking around money, a couple of credit
cards, and either a bottle opener or a shot glass. This sentiment
reflects the "less stuff, more money" approach.
Or you can check to see what SVT took on an Alcan trip...
http://www.advrider.com/Wisdom/Gear.html
That's a good well reasoned approach.
Good luck,
MarkB