{"id":66590,"date":"2013-12-15T23:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=66590"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:43:42","slug":"gs1200ss-oil-cooled-mainte-front-mainte-skf-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20131215\/everyday-events\/gs1200ss-oil-cooled-mainte-front-mainte-skf-2","title":{"rendered":"GS1200SS Oil-cooled maintenance \u00b7 Front maintenance (+) SKF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10288825_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The engine damper was in pretty worn condition. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10288825_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>It&#8217;s a good idea to remove or loosen this mount and position it properly.<br \/>\nEver had a situation where you remove the engine mount to install an engine slider and it won&#8217;t fit? <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10288825_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The M10 bolt has 11.5 mm of clearance, so it&#8217;s best to work with the play rather than against it for better results down the road. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10288825_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>A problem shows up when trying to remove the head cover: a head cover bolt that won&#8217;t budge at all.<br \/>\nUsing a 1\/2 wrench, I soaked it with oil and spent thirty minutes repeatedly loosening and tightening it.<br \/>\nUnfortunately, the bolt snapped! I removed the cover thinking the head might still have a piece stuck inside, but <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> there was residue deeper in.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10288825_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Unfortunately, we have no choice but to remove the head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;The engine damper was in pretty worn condition. &nbsp; &nbsp;It&#8217;s a good idea to remove or loosen this mount and position it properly. Ever had a situation where you remove the engine mount to install an engine slider and it won&#8217;t fit? &nbsp; &nbsp;The M10 bolt has 11.5 mm of clearance, so it&#8217;s best to work with the play rather than against it for better results down the road. &nbsp; &nbsp;A problem shows up when trying to remove the head cover: a head cover bolt that won&#8217;t budge at all. Using a 1\/2 wrench, I soaked it with oil and spent thirty minutes repeatedly loosening and tightening it. Unfortunately, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-66590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66590","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=66590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}