Congrats on a successful repair of this really difficult problem. I wish my repair had gone that well however I'm not completely unhappy that I had a shop do the work as it was warranted for 30 days. I have put on a least 1500 miles after the job and the bike runs like new. My only tip would be...
Hello fellow riders, I offer an update on my Super Tenere spark plug cundrundrum. It appears that I either torked the plug too much or the plug was defective-whatever-water under the bridge. I took the bike to the only shop in the Baltimore/DC area that had a mechanic on staff that owns a S10: 2...
Update on my "shituation":
I was able to get the threaded portion of the plug out of the spark plug well, unfortunately, its now sitting on top of the piston. I'm taking the bike to a shop for engine removal and removal of the debris in the cylinder. This turned out to be a $3000 mistake-dont...
Hi guys, looks like I screwed the pooch (sorry doggies) on this one. I'm going to try the Ford Triton broken plug removal trick of epoxing a metal stud to the remaining central electrode and porcelain and hope I can pull the central pieces out then use a square removal tool to remove the...
I changed out the original spark plugs at 12k miles recently. I used the recommended NGK CPR8EB9 plugs, put anti-seize compound on the threads and tightened them all the same. Bike ran well for about 300 miles then I started to hear the dreaded nondescript engine noise and uneven performance...