How To do your own 600 mile service

[Riko_imp]

loool aight than

[Cormanus]

Hey Riko,

There are three things at issue in the oil change cycle: the plastic oil filler cap, the metal oil drain plug under the engine and the crush washer that goes on that drain plug. You do not need either a new filler cap or drain plug, but Honda recommends using a new crush washer each time the oil is changed.

Does that make sense?

[Riko_imp]

jep got tgat already, the words in the first post caused confusion, thats all

[Paulb_imp]

While checking torque settings is asking a bit much it well worth checking that nothing is coming loose. My first service found my top left hand rear shocker nut attempting to escape.

[Shinchan_imp]

This, friends, is why you don't torque the oil filter to factory specs. This is after an end oil wrench, strap wrench, pipe wrench, and finally a pair of channel locks. The filter collapsed and started leaking oil all over before I was finally able to break it loose, and I'm darn lucky that it did finally come loose. Hand-tighten plus about 1/8 turn with the wrench for me, please...

[flynrider]

Yikes! That was really on there. Is it safe to assume (given the thread title) that this is how it came from the factory? I recall on many of the '13 models that the factory filter was on unusually tight (including mine) and the oil drain plug was unusually loose.

[dsan1964_imp]

Wow...yeah I always go hand tight,Then a bit more by hand...


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[Shinchan_imp]

I hope this isn't the factory oil filter, the bike had 2500 miles on it when I bought it.

Yikes! That was really on there. Is it safe to assume (given the thread title) that this is how it came from the factory? I recall on many of the '13 models that the factory filter was on unusually tight (including mine) and the oil drain plug was unusually loose.

[dsan1964_imp]

I hope this isn't the factory oil filter, the bike had 2500 miles on it when I bought it.

Yikes! That was really on there. Is it safe to assume (given the thread title) that this is how it came from the factory? I recall on many of the '13 models that the factory filter was on unusually tight (including mine) and the oil drain plug was unusually loose.

My factory one was a bugger to get off...


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[Nortoon_imp]

When I did the first oil change on my CB500XA, I was going to use Penny's plastic kitchen boa (used for removing jar tops) to remove the oil filter. At the dealers service desk Olivia suggested I buy the Honda oil filter wrench for $5. It is a light metal cap that fits over the top of the filter. It has a sturdy nut welded to the top so the filter can be removed with a wrench. Good thing I did because the filter was very tight and would have broken the plastic boa. Happy wife, happy life!