after purchasing a bottle of motul oil, a new oil filter, and new set of front and rear brake pads, i was ready to spend an hour on my baby over the weekend changing the above.. not a hard job one would imagine, ive done it before on my little cbr 250. no huge drama..
how wrong was i. friday night i spent an hour trying to get the left fairing off, only to find the moron who owned the bike last or the mechanics who have worked on it done up the allen bolts too damn tight and i had to get one drilled out.. and i lost a rubber grommet from one of the screws, so after alot of frustration and despair i gave up and went to kawasaki saturday morning. all sorted. new bolt and grommet.
sunday morning, off with the fairing.. no hassles.. sweet.. dumped the oil. sweet. so far so good.. the oil filter.. so much for hand tightened.. with no oil filter wrench, and 15 minutes of trying to get it off by hand.. no luck.. so no oil filter swap.. ok.. move on to brakes..
found that no allen keys i had would fit the rear or front brakes.. so it looks like i need to go shopping..
which is where u guys could help me..
what are the allen key sizes that i need? i do have an imperial (in inches) set, but that didnt help, so i probably need metric.. but anything that fits properly will do me fine..
what size allen keys/drivers do i need? i was thinking of buying a set with the T handles to make my life easier..
any suggestions/tips/help most appreciated
who says im not kind? just not your kind
how wrong was i. friday night i spent an hour trying to get the left fairing off, only to find the moron who owned the bike last or the mechanics who have worked on it done up the allen bolts too damn tight and i had to get one drilled out.. and i lost a rubber grommet from one of the screws, so after alot of frustration and despair i gave up and went to kawasaki saturday morning. all sorted. new bolt and grommet.
sunday morning, off with the fairing.. no hassles.. sweet.. dumped the oil. sweet. so far so good.. the oil filter.. so much for hand tightened.. with no oil filter wrench, and 15 minutes of trying to get it off by hand.. no luck.. so no oil filter swap.. ok.. move on to brakes..
found that no allen keys i had would fit the rear or front brakes.. so it looks like i need to go shopping..
which is where u guys could help me..
what are the allen key sizes that i need? i do have an imperial (in inches) set, but that didnt help, so i probably need metric.. but anything that fits properly will do me fine..
what size allen keys/drivers do i need? i was thinking of buying a set with the T handles to make my life easier..
any suggestions/tips/help most appreciated
who says im not kind? just not your kind