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Started by Jdan, April 22, 2011, 12:07:41 PM

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gr1976

#15
April 22, 2011, 07:10:52 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on April 22, 2011, 06:22:56 PM
6mm gap? 

that's some damn high voltage, how big of an alternator do you run?  2kW?

a flux capacitor will shoot an 8mm gap every time... ;D

Seriously though, I've had this happen a couple of times and I'm very careful of not to over tighten plugs. I thing sometimes you just get a bad casting.

MongoReturns

#16
April 22, 2011, 07:14:56 PM
Haha just realized you have one of my bikes - it's .6-.7.  I go with .65; haven't changed plugs in like 5 years (NKG's).

I thought Champion was a US company.
2000Monster750Dark: cored pipes, stage2, 43t, f-18, dptach
2007 1098Red: home depot cooler guard, on sale cluch cover, on sale dp dark tall screen, ebay hugger, hand painted clutch spring caps

Jdan

#17
April 22, 2011, 07:18:11 PM
.65 sounds good. Yeah, it was a bad casting. Had a hairline crack within the plug.

MongoReturns

#18
April 22, 2011, 07:23:56 PM
Quote from: gr1976 on April 22, 2011, 07:10:52 PM
a flux capacitor will shoot an 8mm gap every time... ;D

Seriously though, I've had this happen a couple of times and I'm very careful of not to over tighten plugs. I thing sometimes you just get a bad casting.

What are you people doing to the plugs??  Don't they test for cracks before they sell them???  Jesus if that happened on my 1098 it'd never come out - those stupid things go like 6" into holes.
2000Monster750Dark: cored pipes, stage2, 43t, f-18, dptach
2007 1098Red: home depot cooler guard, on sale cluch cover, on sale dp dark tall screen, ebay hugger, hand painted clutch spring caps

ducpainter

#19
April 22, 2011, 07:31:42 PM
Quote from: MongoReturns on April 22, 2011, 07:23:56 PM
What are you people doing to the plugs??  Don't they test for cracks before they sell them???  Jesus if that happened on my 1098 it'd never come out - those stupid things go like 6" into holes.
no shit....

you'd have to pull the head and go at it from the bottom.

That would suck.
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gr1976

#20
April 22, 2011, 07:33:46 PM
Quote from: MongoReturns on April 22, 2011, 07:23:56 PM
What are you people doing to the plugs??  Don't they test for cracks before they sell them???  Jesus if that happened on my 1098 it'd never come out - those stupid things go like 6" into holes.

I used to work in an auto shop and still do a lot of maintenance for friends and family. I've changed hundreds of plugs, but its only   happened two or three times. Luckily its never happened on a plug that was hard to get to (as in your 1098), but it does happen. With the millions of plugs they make I don't think they check everyone before shipment.

ducpainter

#21
April 22, 2011, 07:37:03 PM
Quote from: gr1976 on April 22, 2011, 07:33:46 PM
<snip> With the millions of plugs they make I don't think they check everyone before shipment.
Really? ;D
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


gr1976

#22
April 22, 2011, 07:44:52 PM
i said "THINK"... [laugh]

If this did happen on a deep hole you could probably get it out with a long thin screwdriver by twisting against the side electrode. However, I'm not sure if something like the 1098 has the clearance to allow a screwdriver that long into the spark plug hole.

MongoReturns

#23
April 22, 2011, 07:49:15 PM
Quote from: gr1976 on April 22, 2011, 07:44:52 PM
i said "THINK"... [laugh]

If this did happen on a deep hole you could probably get it out with a long thin screwdriver by twisting against the side electrode. However, I'm not sure if something like the 1098 has the clearance to allow a screwdriver that long into the spark plug hole.

Negative. I actually need to take them out to properly gap for Iridium plugs - I went with the book spec for normal pugs.  Stupid 1098-forum.  And of course I'll be thinking of this thread when I put them back in.  Definitely taking the tank off this time  [bang]
2000Monster750Dark: cored pipes, stage2, 43t, f-18, dptach
2007 1098Red: home depot cooler guard, on sale cluch cover, on sale dp dark tall screen, ebay hugger, hand painted clutch spring caps

ducpainter

#24
April 22, 2011, 07:51:02 PM
Quote from: gr1976 on April 22, 2011, 07:44:52 PM
i said "THINK"... [laugh]

If this did happen on a deep hole you could probably get it out with a long thin screwdriver by twisting against the side electrode. However, I'm not sure if something like the 1098 has the clearance to allow a screwdriver that long into the spark plug hole.
It wouldn't be fun.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


Buckethead

#25
April 22, 2011, 08:41:05 PM
Quote from: Jester on April 11, 2013, 07:29:35 AM
I can't wait until Marquez gets on his level and makes Jorge trip on his tampon string. 

ducpainter

#26
April 22, 2011, 08:43:03 PM
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


Slide Panda

#27
April 23, 2011, 06:54:57 AM
Yeah, .6+/-mm

-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

Teutonics

#28
April 25, 2011, 09:29:45 AM
Had that happen to me once, but on the old plug coming out (rusted/galled in place).  Getting it out was a real PITA, it was in a car in my garage and I thought I was going to have to pull the head to remove it! 
Atlanta, GA - 2002 M900ie

NorDog

#29
April 25, 2011, 02:17:29 PM
Friendly warning:  I use a torque wrench every time I can, but they can let you down too.

Back in the '80s I was torquing head bolts on an HD Shovelhead.  I forget the setting on the wrench (but it WAS correct) and as I continued to torque I said to myself, "Self, this seems like a LOT of torque."

About that moment the head bold snapped in two.

Fortunately it part left in the head backed right out once I got the head off and tapped it lighting with a flat tip screwdriver.

I never used that particular torque wrench again.
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