Does anyone know what this plug is for what what’s behind it? I have a slight leak from it & would like to fix it, but want to make sure before I pull it out.
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Does anyone know what this plug is for what what’s behind it? I have a slight leak from it & would like to fix it, but want to make sure before I pull it out.
Left side of engine, pic needs to be rotated clockwise 90 degrees.
They call the cover that it is in, the "valve train cover" and shows it to be removable without any issue. There is an o-ring on it and of course it is recommended to replace it each time the "plug screw" is R&R'ed.... This is from my PDF manual for my 2015 F3-S.
Its not the transmission side. Left side is the left side of the bike.
I just seen that on mine when I removed the ECU from the left side of the RT
Thanks Hyper!
I wouldn’t think that would be called the valve train cover, I would have thought more like crankcase, for it being so low down on the engine.
Looks to be the plug covering the bolt used to manually turn the engine when realigning the cams. Remove it and replace the o-ring and should be fine. Interesting it should be leaking if no one has messed with it...:thumbup:
From looking at the electric starter parts list and crankshaft for the 2018 F3 it appears to be as Gene says a screw cap that gives you access to the crankshaft so you can turn it by hand with some kind of tool.