29-08-15, 08:05 AM
That's why i tend to advise people to use compressed air around the spark plug area before removal.
Because these bikes have plugs in such secluded out of sight areas you dunno what sort of shit is about to drop down the plug hole on removal.
Put a bit of grease or oil, not copper grease, on a decent looking plug and screw in and out by hand a few times and see if it pulls any old grit or metal particles out.
In theory plugs should be able to be put in quite a way by hand so you know they're not cross threading then gently wrenched up or preferably torqued to finish up.
Never force a plug, if it doesn't feel right then the chances are it really isn't.
Because these bikes have plugs in such secluded out of sight areas you dunno what sort of shit is about to drop down the plug hole on removal.
Put a bit of grease or oil, not copper grease, on a decent looking plug and screw in and out by hand a few times and see if it pulls any old grit or metal particles out.
In theory plugs should be able to be put in quite a way by hand so you know they're not cross threading then gently wrenched up or preferably torqued to finish up.
Never force a plug, if it doesn't feel right then the chances are it really isn't.
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