it is 75* today....

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by derf

Did that thing possibly have a soul you were trying to steal? Holy shit, I mean really, I've always had filters that were kind of hard to get to, but I never destroyed one like that.

I trashed a few like that on my tl. Put hte screwdriver through it and it tore it up good before it broke loose.

[derf]

Originally Posted by tommymac

I trashed a few like that on my tl. Put hte screwdriver through it and it tore it up good before it broke loose.

If I cant get it off with the strap wrench, I just stab it with the screw driver and it will twist right off, but that filter looks like a t-rex was using it for a chew toy

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by derf

If I cant get it off with the strap wrench, I just stab it with the screw driver and it will twist right off, but that filter looks like a t-rex was using it for a chew toy

Yep. My guess is channellocks.

[derf]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Yep. My guess is channellocks.

Or a baseball bat

[Sixxxxer]

My Rear Axle nut/ and Front sprocket nut are both 32MM

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

My Rear Axle nut/ and Front sprocket nut are both 32MM

thats easy, I think I have 2 32mm, sacraficed one to make a socket to remove the swingarm bolt and steering stem nut

[Sixxxxer]

Good to know! I thought I would be replacing my Sprockets/Chain Sooner than I thought...Turns out a Proper Adjustment to the chain and a solid cleaning/lubrication and it fixed the issue I was having last year. I thought my Front sprocket was shot and it was making a nasty crunchy sound the final month or so of me riding it. Turns out it was excessive chain slap and super loose.

Yet another reason for me to never take it to a dealer again...As gas man's Sig says...Why pay someone to fuck your shit up for you?

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Yet another reason for me to never take it to a dealer again...As gas man's Sig says...Why pay someone to fuck your shit up for you?

You waited for dealer recommended oil changes for your chain to be checked? Good fucking god....

That's like a preride checklist thing.

[Sixxxxer]

What's a pre ride checklist?

[Sixxxxer]

After The 09' Rally I took it to get tires put on and the oil changed...I asked them to adjust the chain since they were already doing work to the bike. Since that Visit till now I put barely 3k on the bike...And it was all NJ riding which is flat and straight.

And it wasnt noticeable until the last good month we had to ride up here...But it still shocked me that it was that far off...Because I rode the bike almost 3 thousand miles in 11 days to the 08' Rally and that was way harder on the bike than me riding around where I live. The only curves we have are on ramps...And I dont check the adjustment of the chain every single time I ride the bike...But it gets looked over more often than not.