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Adjusting tappets
Bryanj:
You really need to change the oil at 1500 as the gearbox destroys the quality, Ted i would change yours every other year to get rid of water contamination
SeanFD:
While trying to retrieve that bit of camshaft I have posted elsewhere about, I removed the sump and, naturally, before doing so, drained the oil.
It has been in there for about 18 months, just sitting and doing nothing. The engine has been kicked over now and again and run for about 3 minutes.
I was amazed at how dirty it looked! The inside of the sump was coated with what looked like dust mixed with the oil.
So I go with Brian; I would change it at least every year or so, or before you start to use it again after a break.
Athame57:
--- Quote from: Bradders on June 22, 2024, 08:01:18 PM --- How often do you guys do them, it says every 1,500 miles in the manual?
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Quite honestly I do them when sounds are telling me something, or by opportunity when it is in the workshop. I can never remember how far I've gone since they were last done. Never did me any harm. When I first got this bike six years back ( I paid too much!) the tappet covers were stuck fast , the hexagons on them mostly rounded off, I needed the mechanics to get them off and do the tappets, gawd knows how overdue they were, it may have a lot to do with how hard the bike is ridden of course. My Elen has been leading a gentle life really, something to do with MY age. ;) my dispatch days are history. ;D
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Bryanj on June 23, 2024, 05:55:37 PM ---You really need to change the oil at 1500 as the gearbox destroys the quality, Ted i would change yours every other year to get rid of water contamination
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I changed my oil at 18 months 250 odd miles Bryan.
Bryanj:
You could have stretched that to 24 months on that mileage Ted
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