Xs650se tinkering

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Did I break the spark plug cap off the cable when I twisted it? I tend to break things


Idle adjust screw: on the bs38 carbs, screwing the idle screw on the side opens the butterfly holes. I want to know if the screw should be touching the lever at all, how many turns from contact, is it a personal preference for each bike, I do see the manual says idle should be 1200 rpms so should I adjust this screw when rhe bike is running to get to that number?


Good news is I did my first oil change. Used my torque wrench to tighten it to 30.5 lbs, new crushed washers for the oil cap, new oil filter, gasket for the oil filter, since the bike was not running I drained the old oil cold for two days and even dumped a squirt of new oil to clean it out more.

The chike mechanism sucks and gets stuck, so I'm going to disassemble it and clean it. I'd buy the mikesxs choke but heard it sucks worse.

Cant wait for my clymer manual to come in because Haynes is garbage.

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I guess my spark plug cap question was answered here http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26604

Since I dont see the wire coming out of the chord as in the pic, I need to cut down a small amount of plastic rubber chord so that the wire can be screwed in better.

Right?

[jetmechmarty]

Did you check the sump filter? If not, go back and do it. It's likely torn. If it is and you run it that way, you will destroy it in short order.





I'm not kidding. This is a required maintenance item!

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I have never heard of a sump filter. Time to google!

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Ok so it's called a strainer. OEM number 256-13411-01-00. Picks up particles and keeps oil from damaging other parts of the bike, or whatever. I don't have an SE owner's manual but when I look at the SH owner's manual they don't even mention it.
http://www.biker.net/owners_manual/x...ers_manual.htm

Haynes didn't mention it either. It's so discouraging how knowledge cannot be passed on properly by the people who write these books.

As I understand the next step, I have to remove the oil drain plug to get to this thing. So all my new oil in the bike will have to be poured into a holding container to be poured back into the bike once I'm done cleaning/replacing the strainer.

Thanks for heads up Marty.