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21-04-11, 07:22 PM
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close shave
decided to fit some lovely nice new iridium plugs to the bike...
from this:  to this:  now i do know what i'm doing when fitting plugs so i can only surmise that its been a bad one. |
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21-04-11, 07:52 PM
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Re: close shave
Or you don't know how hard you really are!
 Heard of this once or twice - never encountered it myself though. When/how did it break? Whilst fitting I take it.
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21-04-11, 08:03 PM
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Re: close shave
Farckin 'ell
Which cylinder front or back
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21-04-11, 08:27 PM
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Re: close shave
was fitting it on the front, yes the most awkward one but i have learnt to drop the radiator while doing it to make it much easier. went in lovely and tightened up nicely then i felt the dreaded 'stripped thread' feeling so i took the ratchet off and turned by hand, twist and then the feeling of the blood rushing from my face as i prepared myself for the inevitable. pulled the socket out to find half the plug staring at me. had a little sigh of relief. so just got a nice big flat screwdriver and twisted the thread part back out. i'm a lucky burger
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21-04-11, 09:46 PM
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Re: close shave
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21-04-11, 09:48 PM
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Re: close shave
Jalapeño Pepperjack cheese! Man that sounds good
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