{"id":69130,"date":"2013-01-09T20:11:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T11:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=69130"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:21","slug":"z1r-rear-maintenance-rocker-cover-oh-ngc-new-tech-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20130109\/everyday-events\/z1r-rear-maintenance-rocker-cover-oh-ngc-new-tech-part-3","title":{"rendered":"Z1R Rear Maintenance \/ Rocker Cover OH \/ NGC \/ New Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Next
 
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We’ll change the oil and filter, then remove the muffler and center stand.
 
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Thinking about environmental issues
 
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Kawasaki’s OEM exhaust gasket is kind of underwhelming.
\nIt’s a gasket that crushes easily, doesn’t hold well, and reusing it is questionable.
 
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I use a Suzuki exhaust gasket instead.
\nIt has a flange so it won’t fall out, and the fiber material in the center seems to be the key\u2014it works several times over.
\nIt’s 5.1 mm thick. Not everything works,
\nso it depends on the muffler\u2014pay attention.
 
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An unusual nut\u2026
\nM8 \u00d7 P1.25, 10 mm hex, no serrations, zinc-plated
\nVery handy\u2014no more over-tightening. \u2605<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Next     We’ll change the oil and filter, then remove the muffler and center stand.     Thinking about environmental issues     Kawasaki’s OEM exhaust gasket is kind of underwhelming. It’s a gasket that crushes easily, doesn’t hold well, and reusing it is questionable.     I use a Suzuki exhaust gasket instead. It has a flange so it won’t fall out, and the fiber material in the center seems to be the key\u2014it works several times over. It’s 5.1 mm thick. Not everything works, so it depends on the muffler\u2014pay attention.     An unusual nut\u2026 M8 \u00d7 P1.25, 10 mm hex, no serrations, zinc-plated Very handy\u2014no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55,115],"class_list":["post-69130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog","tag-z-aircooled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69130","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=69130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}