| Author | Message | ||
     Xb9r43 |
After washing bike as I normally do front cylinder will not fire, anybody have any ideas | ||
| Bud  |
fouled plug ? the oem plug's will foul up very quick with short start and stop cycles with out putting some heat in the engine, or a plug cable misfiring ( try it in the dark and look for sparkies around the cable ) they tend to dislike water | ||
| Bigbuells |
take plug out put in some iridiums and warm the bike up properly every time.I didnt think anything at the time when I was shopping for my xb, but he dealer started my bike,revved motor right away and shut it off 20 seconds later.I think alot of the plugs take abuse at the dealership.So I believe the plugs are} weak right from the dealer in a lot of cases and it doesnt take much more abuse to kill em.So far with my bike that has been 99.5 percent of my problems.Aand the plugs at first sight look like a total pain in butt,but I can change both of mine in less than five minutes now.Ratchet,Extension,one of those elbow things that allow for different angles and a 5/8 in deep well socket and of course 2 NGK iridiums 6.99 a piece at advance auto.Mine had to be ordered but were in next day.I got the KR8AI plugs I'd start there to save a lot of headaches.If that were the first thing I did I would have saved several hours working and lots of time thinking about what could be wrong.And worrying that it was something major that dealer would have to fix or NOT because I put an exhaust an air filter for petes sake. | ||
| Gentleman_jon  |
Hey Big - Changing plugs in 5 minutes? I sure would love to see a pic of the wrench set up you are using!! Any way you could post a pic of it? Thanks | ||
| Bigbuells |
From start to finish I would say between 5-10 minutes.I'm Not using your friendly buell tool bag to do the job.And the wrench combo is just as I explained Everthing 3/8 in drive,6 inch extensions Crasftsman,and elbow thingy .have the elbow connect to the 5/8 socket not the ratchet head.Have you done it jon?Looks a thousand times harder than it is. | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Haven't tried it yet because of all the horror stories here on BWB:-). Sounds like a good winter project though. I guess the 3/8 drive and the "elbow" is the ticket. By elbow you mean the little "universal" joint right, not a flexible wire wound thing, right? | ||
| Bigbuells |
oh sorry That set up for rear.The front plug only requires a 5/8 in wrench to loosen, and spin out with fingers, pop new one in, spin in with figers re-tighten with 5/8 in wrench.Front plug=less than 2 mins Rear not that bad either put socket through the v- shaped open area on the frame.Hardest part is getting new plug started in rear.Just use 3/8 in hose. | ||
| Bigbuells |
Thats right universal joint. Man I am really not with it this morning | ||
| Ben_jamminvfcc |
You have water in your front plug. Check the rubber wire boot to see that it's making a correct seal A little bit of dilectric grease will prevent the problem from recurring. | ||
| Dale |
Idle cable pushes the front spark plug wire back off the coil enough to cause water to short it out. Use wire tie on the boot. | ||
| 2k4xb12  |
Also, try a wobble extension. Allows less articulation than a U-joint, but just enough and you don't have the socket flopping all over the place while trying to find the plug. A short piece of vacuum hose over the end of the plug makes getting it started easier also and you don't have to worry about applying too much force to cross-thread it. Steve. |
