2007-02-21 09:15:28 · 6 answers · asked by andrew n 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
why are you changing them so soon? if you have a service manual, it should give step by step instructions to get to and change the plugs.
On my '01 CBR 600 this is what you do: take off the seat, unbolt and prop up the gas tank (it lifts up like the hood of a car), unscrew the top of the airbox, remove the velocity stacks from the airbox and disconnect the vacuum hoses and ram air ducts on the sides of the box, take out the bottom of the airbox... and the plugs should be right there. just pull the ignition coils out and change the plugs out with the wrench in the bike's toolkit.
the service manual recommends dropping the radiator and going through there, but access is insanely tight that way and most people find it much easier to just pull the airbox.
2007-02-21 10:29:31 · answer #1 · answered by Shakespeare, William 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With a spark plug socket on a ratchet. Don't forget to set the gap properly.
From the sound of this, you don't seem to know much about mechanics. I suggest you find a friend that knows how to do this, and show you how the first time. If you tighten them too much when you replace them, you can cause massive damage to the heads, which will cost big bucks to replace.
2007-02-21 17:26:56 · answer #2 · answered by Bigdog 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't do it with a straight extension and socket. You have to use a swivel socket or a double elbow extension. That's the only trick to it.
Like other guy said though, the bikes only a year and a half old at most. They have NGK iridium plugs from the factory so those should be good for a while.
2007-02-21 17:38:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
find the cylinder(s), find the top of the cylinder. You should see a wire/tube comming from it. Unplug it, use a socket wrench to take out the plug, wrench in the new plug, plug the wire back in. Blam your done.
2007-02-21 17:27:40 · answer #4 · answered by wulfgar_117 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
--Remove the seat.
--Swing up the fuel tank (it pivots at the rear).
--Remove the air box.
--Be very gentle when removing the spark plug caps. Each cap has the ignition coil for that cylinder built in to it.
--Use the "special" spark plug wrench that comes with the tool kit.
2007-02-21 18:27:10 · answer #5 · answered by guardrailjim 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
why would you have to change your plugs now.that's a fairly
new bike you should be good for two years at least.how many
miles? don't waste your money.where is your owners manual
that is your bible.leave the bike alone if you don't know what
you are doing.
2007-02-21 17:37:05 · answer #6 · answered by gixx 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋