{"id":50103,"date":"2017-12-07T17:42:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T08:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=50103"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:55","slug":"frame-starting-kz1000-kz1000mk2-z1r-oil-drain-relocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20171207\/decoboco-cars\/kz1000\/frame-starting-kz1000-kz1000mk2-z1r-oil-drain-relocation","title":{"rendered":"\u246d Starting from the frame: KZ1000\/KZ1000MK2\/Z1R. Oil drain relocation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nYou can also check the transmission from the back, so it’s like getting two benefits in one, I guess?
\nOld bike oil changes mean removing the muffler\u2014that’s the image. It doesn’t matter to the customer, but honestly I find it a pain, so I’m relocating the drain while I’m at it.<\/p>\n

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\nI removed the oil pan. I can’t see the belly of the shift fork, but this looks reassuring. The transmission gears aren’t chewed up, and the dogs are in excellent condition.<\/p>\n

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\nI happened to have a Z1R the other day, so I checked its oil pan. Now, where should I relocate it to?<\/p>\n

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\nThe existing location is a flat type, so I’ll leave that as is.<\/p>\n

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\nMy first choice: the lowest position.<\/p>\n

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\nI’d need to take about 25 mm diameter for the welded boss, so I’d have to grind down the fins and it gets messy\u2014rejected.<\/p>\n

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\nI decided to put it just in front of the oil filter.<\/p>\n

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\nOpen it up\u2014<\/p>\n

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\nStrip the paint\u2014<\/p>\n

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\nWeld it\u2014<\/p>\n

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\nApply liquid gasket from the inside\u2014<\/p>\n

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Done! It’s cast iron, but this time it didn’t bubble up much\u2014saved me there.<\/p>\n

Considering whether to tap the oil temperature from the oil pan!<\/p>\n

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You can also check the transmission from the back, so it’s like getting two benefits in one, I guess? Old bike oil changes mean removing the muffler\u2014that’s the image. It doesn’t matter to the customer, but honestly I find it a pain, so I’m relocating the drain while I’m at it.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[157,166,193,115],"class_list":["post-50103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kz1000","tag-customization","tag-production","tag-starting-with-the-frame-kz1000-kz1000mk2-z1r","tag-z-aircooled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}