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Tiger Time => Steamers (1993-1998 Tigers) => Topic started by: kingdomstyle on March 17, 2011, 05:27:09 AM

Title: oil change ?
Post by: kingdomstyle on March 17, 2011, 05:27:09 AM
is there more than one drain plug? how do you change oil on these? thanks
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Post by: Mustang on March 17, 2011, 05:35:52 AM
there's only one plug
some have an allen head plug some have a hex head bolt same with the oil filter housing .
pretty simple to do unscrew  plug , drain oil , put plug backin . remove the finned cover on bottom right corner the filter will come out with it . replace the filter put cover back on .
fill with 4 quarts of oil of your choice .
start it and check for leaks to make sure you didnt bugger the oring on the filter cover . repeat 6000 miles later .......................
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Post by: abruzzi on March 17, 2011, 04:19:30 PM
All the filters I buy come with the o-ring, but in every case the o-ring has been the wrong size.

Geof
Title: Re: oil change ?
Post by: 97tiger885 on March 17, 2011, 07:51:39 PM
Quote from: "kingdomstyle"is there more than one drain plug? how do you change oil on these? thanks

Get a new crush washer for this plug.  I have tried to reuse the crush washers and had a leak each time.  YMMV.

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Jon
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Post by: rf9rider on March 18, 2011, 02:26:47 AM
I had the same problem when i first got mine.
Removed the oil filter and wondered why the oil wouldn`t drain out.
Then i found the plug :oops:

All my previous bikes never had a plug, just drained from the filter.
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Post by: Basri... on March 18, 2011, 07:18:15 AM
Quote from: "abruzzi"All the filters I buy come with the o-ring, but in every case the o-ring has been the wrong size.

Geof
Experienced the same, used the old o-ring.
This is the filter;
http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/Triumph/Tig ... ter_HiFlo/ (http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/Triumph/Tiger_885_Carbs__VIN_up_to_71698__T403/93-97/picture/Oil_Filter_HiFlo/)

Also for the oil and dust seals of the forks, the seals i reveived were 1 mm smaller in diameter. I think there is a diameter difference between Showa and Kayaba. Is there ?..
Dust seals;
http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/Triumph/Tig ... eals_Pair/ (http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/Triumph/Tiger_885_Carbs__VIN_up_to_71698__T403/93-97/picture/Fork_Dust_Seals_Pair/)
And the oil seals;
http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/Triumph/Tig ... e_Quality/ (http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/Triumph/Tiger_885_Carbs__VIN_up_to_71698__T403/93-97/picture/Fork_Oil_Seal_Pair_-_Japanese_Quality/)
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Post by: dave NL on March 18, 2011, 09:03:01 AM
I bought the original Triumph filter, no problems with the O-rings....
Title: oil change
Post by: kingdomstyle on March 18, 2011, 02:35:31 PM
i have a k an n oil filter how those orings fit
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Post by: Mustang on March 18, 2011, 02:53:22 PM
never used a k&n , but every other brand of filter I have used , the big oring is too big ........seems only the triumph filter for enormous money is the only one with the right o rings
you can usually reuse the old ones as long as they are not stretched out .
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