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grating and shuddering windshield noise
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<blockquote data-quote="wfooshee" data-source="post: 784494" data-attributes="member: 6354"><p>I can have sparks plugs in hand in less than 10 minutes. Oil and filter change in less than ten minutes. Valves, dunno, haven't looked at 'em yet, but the only complication is the cooling pipes that go through the valve cover, so you have to drain the coolant as part of that job, which I'm sure is annoying. I've got front brake pistons soaking in cleaner right now, changing the seals in the front calipers. Had 8 pistons in hand in about 20 minutes, another 10 or 15 to pry the old seals out. Front pad change only is maybe ten minutes, but more for a gen-II, simply because the gen-II has a pad per piston rather than a pad per caliper side.</p><p></p><p>OTOH, there are some well-known gotchas on the FJR. The centerstand bolts don't clear the exhaust, so if you have to do anything with the centerstand, the headers have to drop down. The torque arm on the rear brake doesn't clear a car tire, but there's only about 35 of us so far that care about that one. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> And the gotcha for <em>this</em> thread is that the windshield drive is under the nose cowling, around which the entire front bodywork is built. To get the cowling off, <em>all</em> front bodywork has to come off. Takes a while the first time, less than an hour after you've done it a couple of times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wfooshee, post: 784494, member: 6354"] I can have sparks plugs in hand in less than 10 minutes. Oil and filter change in less than ten minutes. Valves, dunno, haven't looked at 'em yet, but the only complication is the cooling pipes that go through the valve cover, so you have to drain the coolant as part of that job, which I'm sure is annoying. I've got front brake pistons soaking in cleaner right now, changing the seals in the front calipers. Had 8 pistons in hand in about 20 minutes, another 10 or 15 to pry the old seals out. Front pad change only is maybe ten minutes, but more for a gen-II, simply because the gen-II has a pad per piston rather than a pad per caliper side. OTOH, there are some well-known gotchas on the FJR. The centerstand bolts don't clear the exhaust, so if you have to do anything with the centerstand, the headers have to drop down. The torque arm on the rear brake doesn't clear a car tire, but there's only about 35 of us so far that care about that one. :) And the gotcha for [I]this[/I] thread is that the windshield drive is under the nose cowling, around which the entire front bodywork is built. To get the cowling off, [I]all[/I] front bodywork has to come off. Takes a while the first time, less than an hour after you've done it a couple of times. [/QUOTE]
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