Spark Plug Replacement

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:20 pm

turbo_billy wrote:What kind of "spanner" are you using? You should be using the hexagonal part of the plug to tighten with, the thread/nipple is just to attach the plug cap (two different fittings)

This is Virt and his brother/dad doing it so any tool will do

Virt · Post by **Virt** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:21 pm

Never mind. Teeth work

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Mav617 · Post by **Mav617** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:22 pm

Virt wrote:With what? I can't

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Pliers

Salty Dog · Post by **Salty Dog** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:23 pm

Ngk 5545 cheapest I've found
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NGK-Iridium-I ... 53ed625d55

Thanks mate

Found these... OMFG!!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-HRC-Honda-V ... e8&vxp=mtr

Personally over 30 years of bikes, i cant say i've seen a difference in Iridium Plugs, on some of my bikes the only difference was, they were worse than cheap standard plugs. They break down quicker.
One chap that Fuel Injected a Husaberg 650, found after replacing everything, that is fault was the Iridium plugs, put standard plugs in, it ran fine.

Its hard to know isnt it.... Almost like Race Plugs and/or Iridium plugs are the "Gold Plated" speaker cables of the combustion engine... sometimes i wonder.
But, as we all love our bikes, we buy them the best, even if we have no proof that it is

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:24 pm

Grab the nipple with pliers and unscrew it .
The plug spanner looks like this

Virt · Post by **Virt** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:29 pm

That's what I'm using. Front spark plug is hard to get though. Rear is done

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turbo_billy · Post by **turbo_billy** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:33 pm

If it isn`t getting tight, forget cross threading, you haven`t stripped the thread on the head have you........

Virt · Post by **Virt** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:36 pm

No. It's done now, rear one, it was the cap that seemed to be stopping it. After we took that off it actually tightened up

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Virt · Post by **Virt** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:55 pm

All done

time to go see if it explodes on me in motion

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lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:59 pm

Virt wrote:All done time to go see if it explodes on me in motion

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If you play with it to much it will !!

turbo_billy · Post by **turbo_billy** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:01 pm

Virt wrote:No. It's done now, rear one, it was the cap that seemed to be stopping it. After we took that off it actually tightened up

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Glad to hear it

ging500 · Post by **ging500** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:06 pm

Spark plug replacement makes me shudder. On my sv I thought would be a nice easy task and after two weeks later I managed to replace the front cylinder spark plug!

Virt · Post by **Virt** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:40 am

No booms or bangs, just purrs and growls. The way I like it

I like to think the fact I can do stuff, even if I did struggle a bit too much, is an improvement

thanks for the help everyone

Bloody hell ging, did you ever try turning it off and back on again?

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tony.mon · Post by **tony.mon** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:19 am

Back to the original subject, there's a wire gauge shown in the haynes manual IIRC.

And I've always found cheaper deals for plugs on Amazon, no idea why. £6.46 each on there, NGK Iridiums.

Saintsman27 · Post by **Saintsman27** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:19 am

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NGK-Iridium-I ... 439d3d9a17

at £5.90..

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