THE FIRST OIL CHANGE. All new filters gaskets and crush washers.
Alright I've put this off long enough. I've had the bike for ten months now but the majority of that time was spent working on my bike not riding it. I've only really started putting miles in it the last couple months. When I got the bike it had a fresh oil change and nice clean oil in it so I figured I would put some miles in it before tackling the first oil change.
So I pulled the two drain plugs and got my first red flag. I can only guess that the shop I bought the bike from did this. The rear drain plug had a strange resistance when I tried to unscrew it, at first I thought " Oh no!" They cross threaded it, but I soon realized there was no copper washer under the drain plug. Instead someone put silicone on the threads and under the head of the drain plug! Way to go fellas! Here you can see what I peeled off of the bottom of the case.
I then had to clean the threads up with a stiff bristle brush.
Then I removed the bolts from the sump plate and prepared to remove it. I have read horror story's about how hard they were to get off,
So I figured I'd start easy first and go from there. I took a short peice of soft wood 1x2 and a small ball peen hammer, placed the wood up against the sump plate and tap tap,it fell right off. Yay! This is going to be easy.
Then I realized the gasket had been cemented in to the sump cover and was hard as nails. I have it on my work bench right now with paint stripper applied to it to soften up over night.
I strained the oil to see what I might find and it was the usual suspects, a peice of the chain tensioner bar, some very small metal particles and a whisker thin metal shaving.
I don't think I'm seeing anything too scary.
Some of the gasket surfaces have been scratched by previous mechanics. I hope I won't have leaks when I reassemble. Here you can see some scratching around the right side bolt hole.
I hope once I remove the sump gasket I don't find it's been buggered up. I'll know more tomorrow.
I plan to meticulously clean all surfaces and apply a thin coating of grease ONLY on both gasket surfaces. I'll post a little follow up tomorrow after reassembly and start up.
Hopefully I won't find anymore funny business.