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Re: [ST] Haynes or Clymer's manual



On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Charlie McCullough wrote:

>
> At 01:39 PM 1/14/03, Robert Reid wrote:
>> Nevermind - found the Haynes manual for '00 Sprints - close 
>> enough (I hope).
>
>
> And speaking of which........
>
> Anyone know if there's any glaring mistakes/misprints in 
> proceedure or values or anything else in the Haynes manual 
> that's at odds with the Triumph Service manual/proceedures?
>
> Going to be doing my own 12k & valve service sometime within 
> the next month and just wondering if there's anything I should 
> be aware of that may not be readily apparent....

Watch out for the bolts holding down the coils, when I did my 
valves and replaced the coils, 2 of the bolts stripped in the 
cam cover with just over 1/2 the torque they are rated for. Now 
I can't say if that was the fault of soft threads in the cover, 
or if the mechanic who did the valves at 12k was ham fisted, all 
I know is when the bike went back together two of the bolts 
where held in by blue locktight. The only reason why I left that 
way, is there virtually no load on them as they are also held 
onto the spark plug with friction.

For that matter, you might as well replace the plugs while you
are in there. As well, as always, make sure you plug any holes
with some (low'ish lint) shop towels so you don't drop anything
anywhere where it could be very embarissing.

Otherwise, the tripple engine is very easy to service the valve
gaps, well as long as you have the tool. It is rumoured that 
when it comes time for the TL, I will have to damn near strip 
the bike to get the cam covers off, oh well.

YMMV,
Tom


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 Thomas Emberson, Dallas, TX
 '00 Yamaha WR400F (self abuse in style)
 '01 Suzuki TL1000s
 '03 Yamaha FJR1300

 sold: '98 ZX6e, '99 ZX9r, '95 EX500
 killed by rocks: '01 BRG Sprint ST (18 months old, 25,152 miles)
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