Rambler
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Following responses to my earlier post on the 5000mile went ahead and did it by myself. For the oil change the ACD plate needed to come off and I enlisted help from a local mechanic friend.
The Workaround:
We got the front ‘stock’ bolts fine. Easy peazy! Then came the center stand bolts. “That’s a b*^th” came the exclamation! “How do people drop the plate down without a lift or hanging the bike on chains”.
He (and I) got under the bike and inspected the plate. Now the ACD rear bolts actually go through a ‘frame’ on the inside. This frame is attached to the main plate by 6 small Hex head screws - unscrew those and the plate drops down, with that ‘support frame’ still in-situ - held in place - by those dreaded center stand bolts.
This seems such an easy option - after all those posts of how difficult taking the rear bolts off. On the face of it - this should what ACD should push as an option to remove plate to complete an oil change!
The oil change went without a hitch. The exiting oil - 4500miles old - looked as it should. 3qt of Yamalube went in. But after a short post oil change light the oil window didn’t show any oil and the red oil can warning came on. Another half qt went in and the oil window now shows oil level at half a window.
The final drive oil change was a cinch. So easy. My mechanic friend saw this and said ‘Are you sure that’s it? There has to be stuff you need to take off!!’
Manual check of the spikes done. Couple on either side of the rear wheel just needed tighten about a quarter turn. And Ping!
Yamalube oils used - now to get it registered on the Yamaha Yamalube page to make sure the Yamalube warranty gets activated.
The Workaround:
We got the front ‘stock’ bolts fine. Easy peazy! Then came the center stand bolts. “That’s a b*^th” came the exclamation! “How do people drop the plate down without a lift or hanging the bike on chains”.
He (and I) got under the bike and inspected the plate. Now the ACD rear bolts actually go through a ‘frame’ on the inside. This frame is attached to the main plate by 6 small Hex head screws - unscrew those and the plate drops down, with that ‘support frame’ still in-situ - held in place - by those dreaded center stand bolts.
This seems such an easy option - after all those posts of how difficult taking the rear bolts off. On the face of it - this should what ACD should push as an option to remove plate to complete an oil change!
The oil change went without a hitch. The exiting oil - 4500miles old - looked as it should. 3qt of Yamalube went in. But after a short post oil change light the oil window didn’t show any oil and the red oil can warning came on. Another half qt went in and the oil window now shows oil level at half a window.
The final drive oil change was a cinch. So easy. My mechanic friend saw this and said ‘Are you sure that’s it? There has to be stuff you need to take off!!’
Manual check of the spikes done. Couple on either side of the rear wheel just needed tighten about a quarter turn. And Ping!
Yamalube oils used - now to get it registered on the Yamaha Yamalube page to make sure the Yamalube warranty gets activated.
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