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First Valve Clearance Check
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<blockquote data-quote="rbentnail" data-source="post: 1331081" data-attributes="member: 13598"><p>One suggestion for the valve check newbies to help make it easier:</p><p></p><p>Since you'll be replacing the coolant I recommend removing the left side fairing to get at the overflow reservoir. I like to dump out the old and give it a quick wash inside each time. But that's not the suggestion. The suggestion is to look right above that and you'll see a u-shaped water hose, the other end of it connects to the bottom of the coolant pipe. Remove the hose section. Yes, it's a pain the first time b/c the hose clamps are facing the wrong way so it'll take an extra ten minutes but it is so, so much easier to re-install the pipe <strong>THEN</strong> put the hose on. You can then orient the clamps to where they are easier to get to next time. I learned this the first time b/c it's tight in there and just getting the coolant pipe back in is a pain but getting the coolant pipe back in while trying to stuff one end of it in a hose is a royal PITA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rbentnail, post: 1331081, member: 13598"] One suggestion for the valve check newbies to help make it easier: Since you'll be replacing the coolant I recommend removing the left side fairing to get at the overflow reservoir. I like to dump out the old and give it a quick wash inside each time. But that's not the suggestion. The suggestion is to look right above that and you'll see a u-shaped water hose, the other end of it connects to the bottom of the coolant pipe. Remove the hose section. Yes, it's a pain the first time b/c the hose clamps are facing the wrong way so it'll take an extra ten minutes but it is so, so much easier to re-install the pipe [B]THEN[/B] put the hose on. You can then orient the clamps to where they are easier to get to next time. I learned this the first time b/c it's tight in there and just getting the coolant pipe back in is a pain but getting the coolant pipe back in while trying to stuff one end of it in a hose is a royal PITA. [/QUOTE]
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