Changing a motorcycle's engine oil and oil filter is a relatively elementary daily grind that normally takes less than 30 minutes to abundant. Unfortunately, Yamaha's V-Star 1100 uses an internal oil filter, held latest a fix of covers on the correctly side of the engine. In turn, the covers are concealed last the motorcycle's exhaust course. The lower exhaust channel, along with both mufflers and covers must be removed entirely to access the filter. On the other hand, kits are available to motion the oil filter to the front of the engine to chop the immensity of generation spent on an otherwise basic procedure.
Instructions
1. Remove the void plug from the backside left side of the engine crankcase, using a socket wrench and a 17 mm socket. Bleed the engine oil into a clutch basin. Disinfected the bleed plug with a shop towel and screw it into accommodation by help. Tighten the filter plug to 22 foot-pounds, using a torque wrench.
2. Remove the hold together front footboard from the motorcycle's lower frame against, using a socket wrench and a 17 mm socket.
3. Loosen the lower muffler clamps, using a 4 mm Allen wrench. Unscrew the muffler mounting bolts, located between both mufflers, using the 4 mm Allen wrench. Pull the mufflers outside from the exhaust pipes by ability.
4. Unscrew the lower exhaust cylinder mounting nuts, located on the front cylinder, using a socket wrench and a 12 mm socket. Pull the exhaust cylinder outside of the cylinder's exhaust Harbour by labourer, then pull the cylinder absent from the motorcycle.
5. Remove the chrome outer oil filter comprehend from the good side of the engine, using a 4 mm Allen wrench. Remove the inconsiderable inner oil filter encompass from the engine, using your 4 mm Allen wrench. Screw the claps bolts into place.8. Screw the oil filter, provided with the relocation kit, onto the oil filter mounting plate by hand.
Coat the oil diverter plate O-rings with a 10W-30 API SF-Grade engine oil. Push the diverter plate into the engine, in place of the inner oil filter cover. Screw the new bolts included with the oil filter relocation kit into place with a 4 mm Allen wrench, then tighten the bolts to 7.6 foot-pounds.
7. Route the oil filter mounting plate and both oil hoses between the front of the engine and the right lower frame rail. Remove the clasp at the end of the oil filter mounting plate, using a 4 mm Allen wrench. Mount the oil filter plate onto the crossmember running between the left and right lower frame rails. Pull the oil filter out of the engine by hand and discard it. Wipe up any oil remaining in the oil filter housing, using a shop towel.6.
Tighten the oil filter to 12 foot-pounds.
9. Unscrew the oil cap from the right side of the engine. Fill the engine with three quarts of 10W-30 API SF-Grade engine oil, using a funnel. Screw the oil cap into place.
10. Reinstall the lower exhaust pipe onto the front cylinder. Tighten the exhaust pipe nuts to 14 foot-pounds. Slip both mufflers onto the upper and lower exhaust pipes, then tighten the muffler clamps, using a 4 mm Allen wrench.
11. Reinstall the right front footboard, using a socket wrench and a 17 mm socket. Tighten the footboard bolts to 47 foot-pounds.
