On oil filter change

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Confucius say, virtuous man who pokes balls with chop stick is most rikely still virgin rather than morally exerrent. :lol:

You ball sounds good to go ZM!
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Zombie Master wrote:
I used a wooden chop stick. Had the nice flat end. The ball is still n place with light spring resistance. I installed the filter with new white O ring, new shim, and new gaskets on the filter cover and sump plug. I am most virtuous. 8-)
Did you check the canister depth? Most important part of the whole exercise...

http://www.largiader.com/tech/filters/canister.html
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DanielMc wrote:
Zombie Master wrote:
I used a wooden chop stick. Had the nice flat end. The ball is still n place with light spring resistance. I installed the filter with new white O ring, new shim, and new gaskets on the filter cover and sump plug. I am most virtuous. 8-)
Did you check the canister depth? Most important part of the whole exercise...



Now you tell me :?
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Zombie Master wrote:
Did you check the canister depth? Most important part of the whole exercise...


Now you tell me :?
On a serious note, when I checked my most recent purchase, an '86 mono, I found the gap too big (according to Anton's advice) and ended up ditching the gasket and adding a shim. Mind you as the bike had already covered over 40,000 miles without incident there was every likelihood that there wasn't going to be a problem...
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