| Author | Message | ||
     Mike_lee |
without incident? would like to replace it with something that doesn't rust  or at least clean it | ||
| Hootowl |
Yes. It's just an inspection hole so you can see the position of the crank. Some people replace the stock plug with a clear plug, some folks have been known to plumb a PCV valve there. | ||
| Mike_lee |
Thank you  | ||
| Ratbuell |
The clear plugs are designed for active inspection and timing setting only, not to be driven around with. Just FYI. It's a "special tool", not a "replacement part". | ||
| Mike_lee |
Makes sense. It gets fairly warm there. It had rained the other night and even tho the bike was covered, moisture still gets in there and there is now a nice little puddle of rusty water below the bolt. Perhaps i can find a stainless steel replacement. Or at the very least, paint the head of the bolt. Just wanted to make sure that when i remove the bolt, the engine internals dont collapse | ||
| Hootowl |
That’s right, Joe. I wasn’t thinking clearly. My high blood pressure compels me to drink decaffeinated coffee, so take anything I say before noon with a grain of salt. | ||
| Williamscottrobertson |
Yeah, I replaced mine with a chrome one. There’s a bunch of them for under $10 on eBay. Just search “harley timing plug chrome”. | ||
| Mike_lee |
good info, thank you. went on there and checked... there are two different sizes. 5/8-18 and 11/16-16 does anyone know off hand which one fits the 96 S1? | ||
| S1owner |
I would order a stainless set screw and scip the chrome | ||
| Mike_lee |
or brass? | ||
| Williamscottrobertson |
Yeah I couldn’t find stainless, and I don’t keep mine out in the weather so figured it shouldn’t rust again. Sorry I don’t know which size is correct. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Weather or not, any time you torque a chrome fastener - especially a hex plug - get some clearcoat touchup paint or even clear nail polish, and fill the tool hole with the paint. The tool cracks the chrome at the edges of the tool surface, and rust starts there. Seal it up immediately, and it'll prevent that. | ||
| Mike_lee |
Good advise. Chrome plating is just that. Theres a brass one on ebay. Think that would be ok? Its just a plug right? Took out plug and verified it is a 5/8-18. (Message edited by Mike lee on May 19, 2018) | ||
| Ratbuell |
Freeze plugs in auto engines are brass...you'll have electrolysis issues from dissimilar metals, but no worse than a steel plug in an aluminum case. |
