I finished my valve cover gaskets last weekend. And All week long I've been doing routine maintenance, oils, air pressures, torques, few minor tweeks and blaah blaah blaahs...
Well tonight I fired her up for about 5 minutes then rode over to the driveway, about 100 feet. I didn't rev it just idled across the yard.
I go to start washing my Max and I notice a small plug stuck between the exhaust shield and the battery box.
As soon as I see what it is, (an oil plug that goes in one of the cam caps), I realize I have Effed UP Big Time!
I was able to get it back in with only taking the valve cover bolts out and lifting the rear valve cover up. I did however have to hit the starter a couple of times to turn the cam to get the plug back in.
I was lucky it was the outside oil plug not the inside. The others are all fine. I guess when I was putting the rear cover back in I knocked that oil plug out and didn't see it come out.
So my question is...
Did I mess something up running the Bike without that oil plug in place?
Is it normal to have to turn the cam to get the plug back in?
I know... I'm a dufuss! But I'm used to laying across a fender when I'm wrenching.
Well tonight I fired her up for about 5 minutes then rode over to the driveway, about 100 feet. I didn't rev it just idled across the yard.
I go to start washing my Max and I notice a small plug stuck between the exhaust shield and the battery box.
As soon as I see what it is, (an oil plug that goes in one of the cam caps), I realize I have Effed UP Big Time!
I was able to get it back in with only taking the valve cover bolts out and lifting the rear valve cover up. I did however have to hit the starter a couple of times to turn the cam to get the plug back in.
I was lucky it was the outside oil plug not the inside. The others are all fine. I guess when I was putting the rear cover back in I knocked that oil plug out and didn't see it come out.
So my question is...
Did I mess something up running the Bike without that oil plug in place?
Is it normal to have to turn the cam to get the plug back in?
I know... I'm a dufuss! But I'm used to laying across a fender when I'm wrenching.