Gapping spark plugs? - SV650.org

andrewsmith · 07-08-12, 12:16 PM

Quick one

NGK spark plugs can the gaps be checked/ Changed?
Looks like the front on mine has suffered with the rains we've had.

Also what can they be checked/ changed with?

Thanks in advance

Andy

Bibio · 07-08-12, 12:29 PM

feeler gauges for the gap and you can get a special tool for bending the tab but i just tap the tab at the bend (hold plug in hand and tap on object) on a hammer or suitable heavy object till i get the correct gap. to open the gap again i use the edge of the blade of a feeler gauge.

Wideboy · 07-08-12, 12:29 PM

Feeler gauges and I use a small pin hammer and gently tap it

NTECUK · 07-08-12, 12:36 PM

Heathens .
Use a feeler to check is fine .
Gently tap to gap it.Hold the plug body. Remember ceramic cracks . Drop it to had and you can damage the bit that supports the electrode .If it drops in the cylinder buy buy boar .

andrewsmith · 07-08-12, 01:11 PM

merci gents!

Feelers are easier to get hold of than plug gappers

yorkie_chris · 07-08-12, 01:56 PM

They are usually fine out of the box.

NTECUK · 07-08-12, 02:52 PM

Yep . We hardly ever have gap issues. Only ones ng are in damaged boxes. They go straight back to parts..

Wideboy · 07-08-12, 02:58 PM

I did it once and then thought "why did I just wasted my time", never again

NTECUK · 07-08-12, 05:58 PM

When you have seen so many you get an " eye " for the gap. Even type II. they had a 1.1 mm gap. Inspired hey.

Dave-the-rave · 07-08-12, 07:29 PM

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_255216

07-08-12, 12:16 PM	#1
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Gapping spark plugs? Quick one NGK spark plugs can the gaps be checked/ Changed? Looks like the front on mine has suffered with the rains we've had. Also what can they be checked/ changed with? Thanks in advance Andy __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

07-08-12, 12:29 PM	#2
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,568	Re: Gapping spark plugs feeler gauges for the gap and you can get a special tool for bending the tab but i just tap the tab at the bend (hold plug in hand and tap on object) on a hammer or suitable heavy object till i get the correct gap. to open the gap again i use the edge of the blade of a feeler gauge.

07-08-12, 12:29 PM	#3
Wideboy Evel Knievel Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Eastleigh Posts: 4,641	Re: Gapping spark plugs Feeler gauges and I use a small pin hammer and gently tap it __________________ 05 DRZ400E RIP hovis

07-08-12, 12:36 PM	#4
NTECUK Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: essex Posts: 5,314	Re: Gapping spark plugs Heathens . Use a feeler to check is fine . Gently tap to gap it.Hold the plug body. Remember ceramic cracks . Drop it to had and you can damage the bit that supports the electrode .If it drops in the cylinder buy buy boar . __________________ Raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are the reason I have trust issues.

07-08-12, 01:11 PM	#5
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Gapping spark plugs merci gents! Feelers are easier to get hold of than plug gappers __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

07-08-12, 01:56 PM	#6
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Gapping spark plugs They are usually fine out of the box. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

07-08-12, 02:52 PM	#7
NTECUK Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: essex Posts: 5,314	Re: Gapping spark plugs Yep . We hardly ever have gap issues. Only ones ng are in damaged boxes. They go straight back to parts.. __________________ Raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are the reason I have trust issues.

07-08-12, 02:58 PM	#8
Wideboy Evel Knievel Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Eastleigh Posts: 4,641	Re: Gapping spark plugs I did it once and then thought "why did I just wasted my time", never again __________________ 05 DRZ400E RIP hovis

07-08-12, 05:58 PM	#9
NTECUK Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: essex Posts: 5,314	Re: Gapping spark plugs? When you have seen so many you get an " eye " for the gap. Even type II. they had a 1.1 mm gap. Inspired hey. __________________ Raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are the reason I have trust issues.

07-08-12, 07:29 PM	#10
Dave-the-rave Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: London Posts: 167	Re: Gapping spark plugs? http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_255216 __________________ SV650N K1

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