Spread the rail with your thumbs, but only enough to fit the rail over the piston.
Release the rail into the bottom piston ring groove.
NOTE
The oil ring rails have no “top” or “bottom”.
NOTE
Do not mix up the top and second ring.
NOTE
If a new piston is used, use new piston rings.
When installing the piston pin snap ring, compress it only enough to install it and no more.
NOTICE
Do not reuse snap rings, as removal weakens and deforms them. They could fall out and score the cylinder wall.
Top Ring [A]
Second Ring [B]
Oil Ring Steel Rails [C]
Oil Ring Expander [D]
Hollow [E]
30 40° [F]
Special Tools - Piston Ring Compressor Grip: 57001-1095
Piston Ring Compressor Belt, 67
79:
57001-1097
Engine Oil Change
Situate the motorcycle so that it is vertical after warming
up the engine.
Remove the engine oil drain bolt [A] to drain the oil.
The oil in the oil filter can be drained by removing the filter
(see Oil Filter Replacement).
Replace the drain bolt gasket [B] with a new one.
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Oxygen Sensor - not activated (Service Code 33, Equipped Models)
Oxygen Sensor Removal/Installation
Refer to the Oxygen Sensor Removal/Installation
(Equipped Models) in the Electrical System chapter.
Oxygen Sensor Inspection
Remove:
Fuel Tank (see Fuel Tank Removal in the Fuel System
(DFI) chapter)
Oxygen Sensor Lead Connector [A]
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Wheel Alignment Inspection
Check that the notch [A] on the alignment indicator [B]
aligns with the same swingarm mark or position [C] that
the other side alignment indicator notch aligns with.
If they do not, adjust the chain slack and align the wheel
alignment (see Drive Chain Slack Adjustment).
NOTE
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