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[thumper]

having watched my dealer service my sportster 3 times @ $500 a go - i decided that now the boat is out of warranty i would service it myself and save some cash... - i have a reasonably well equipped garage, i only had to buy E10 & E8 TORX sockets and an oil extractor - all went well until it came to putting the sparks plugs back in (remembering to remove the nipples!) one of the plugs snapped at the thread in the cylinder head - #*!# - up until this point i was ok - now i was facing a long drive to my nearest dealer and an expensive bill to remove the thread of a busted plug ( THE NUT AND PORCELAIN HAD ALL COME OUT)
i was now out of my depth - having spoke to my delaer he said get an ezout tool and take the rocker cover off - which seemed a little hard to me - but twenty minutes later and the busted plug is out - the tools cost me $50 the parts cost $40 so i saved $400 ish
2 sleepless nites thinking i had killed my boat!

[Kevin Leclair]

Nice work, glad you were able to get it fixed and save a little extra cash!

[oary77]

Gotta love DIY. from now on thats the way I am going unless its a serious problem. But just for routine maint. I think I am capable.