does anyone have instructions as to removing the shift actuator so I can get my air filter out without going to the dealer?
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+1 Agreed. You can get the airfilter out without removing the actuator.I just finished doing that and I don't think you'll find instructions for that particular thing. The air filter CAN be removed without removing any shift actuator.
You can get that black canister cover off by gently persuading that big wire harness that runs right on top of it out of the way. It CAN be done trust me.
Just be gentle and patient with it. There is "Just" enough slack in that wire bundle to give you the room to get the canister cover off! Use The Force Luke! You Can Do This!!
+1 Agreed. You can get the airfilter out without removing the actuator.I just finished doing that and I don't think you'll find instructions for that particular thing. The air filter CAN be removed without removing any shift actuator.
You can get that black canister cover off by gently persuading that big wire harness that runs right on top of it out of the way. It CAN be done trust me.
Just be gentle and patient with it. There is "Just" enough slack in that wire bundle to give you the room to get the canister cover off! Use The Force Luke! You Can Do This!!
Yep! It can definitely be done. Use a flat screwdriver underneath the wire bundle and "Gently" pry it upwards "Slowly" so the slack can have time to catch up with you.That is great news...I was not looking forward to replacing the air filter, but I will sure try it now. Thank you!!
+1 Agreed. You can get the airfilter out without removing the actuator.I just finished doing that and I don't think you'll find instructions for that particular thing. The air filter CAN be removed without removing any shift actuator.
You can get that black canister cover off by gently persuading that big wire harness that runs right on top of it out of the way. It CAN be done trust me.
Just be gentle and patient with it. There is "Just" enough slack in that wire bundle to give you the room to get the canister cover off! Use The Force Luke! You Can Do This!!
This kind of poor engineering is pretty common despite how deplorable it is. Lots of these stories--like my father's 1967 Buick Wildcat (now THERE'S an oxymoron) on which you had to remove the rear bumper to replace the tail light bulbs. And I seem to remember a Corvette where you had to pull the engine to replace spark plugs.I tried to put the filter back together with the shift actuator on and had a heck of a time with it. I finally gave in and took the lever off to get things back where they needed to be. An air filter shouldn't be that difficult to change.
Call it what you will. I'm clearly not an authority, nor I have I claimed to be one on this site. Seat analysis was telling me that my bike was not running right for a while now. So that prompted me to check the air filter to see if something got sucked in. Or was living in it. That was my first box (No pun intended) I was going to check. Which my bike is running well now. Coincidence? Perhaps. Placebo? Maybe. Wishful thinking, sure.I have never had a perceptible change in throttle response as a function of changing the FJR air filter. If real (not placebo), that K&N must have been badly gunked up or massively over-oiled.
Not making light of performance improvements sometimes being more imagined than real - how else does K&N sell their filters in the first place? Not to mention the sale of a multitude of other aftermarket do-dads designed to separate the enthusiast from his hard-earned money!
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