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I have torqued every oil filter I have replaced on my 03 ZX6RR and 06 ZX6R and have never messed up an o-ring and have never had to destroy a filter like that. Oh well I guess I'm just old school and follow instructions to the letter. Electrical Engineer? There's your problem right there! J/K

Quote: Originally Posted by evil skinny There are some old pics on the 1st or second page of the pic thread of it. That is from when it had frame sliders and the stock rearsets on it. If i get the itch i might run out to my garage and snap some pictures of the bikes to show them in there normal state. Sitting in the garage dirty due to the snow on the ground right now. I'd like to see them, but I'll see if I can find them in the...

Quote: Originally Posted by GNeo I'll fuck with you all I WANT to, BITCH! Your threats don't mean SHIT, dude. Just get the fuck over it and accept that Motorwerkz is a really a scam artist. Tony Montana fans are really fun to fuck with, cause most of the time you people think they're hard. You're a clown dude. Nobody believes anything you say, and you always post the most useless random shit ever. You bring the forum IQ...

Quote: Originally Posted by GreenRanger I'm an engineer also...and I've been my own mechanic since day one. I've owned 30+ cars/trucks/bikes/atv's, and have never had an oil filter come off. I will agree that safety is the most important thing here and I applaud you for not taking short cuts. However...the torque spec's on your oil filter are not there to keep the filter from backing off...they are a limit set to...

Quote: Originally Posted by GreenRanger Ummmmm...this thread is stickied: Classaction Suit Against Motowerkz Exhaust I believe it is your responsibility to educate yourself before you start calling for the ban stick. It's not possible to post that thread at every location where every active and inactive member will see it. It is in the Two Wheeled Discussion forum and (along with several other threads) was all over the Active Topics list...

Quote: Originally Posted by Puck I am not on this site often as most of you and am bookmarked from the 07 section - I had no idea the problems that started recently with motowerkz. Maybe if the site put stuff like that on a sticky in each forum or something - what if someone else didn't know what was going on and decided to order something from him and they got scammed too? Can't expect everyone to check every section - I hop into...

Quote: Originally Posted by KillaCody I do work on cars for a living so I probably sound like a car mechanic. Over time my arm and wrist have turned into a torque wrench, for the simple things. The only reason I torque all my filters by hand is cause I've seen way more gaskets fail from being over torqued vs. not tight enough. +1 And you wont know it failed until after your on the bike and riding

Quote: Originally Posted by Puck You're a clown dude. Nobody believes anything you say, and you always post the most useless random shit ever. You bring the forum IQ level down below a civic or gixxer forum. I can't even insult you back because then I would feel bad in real life for abusing someone with a disability. PLEASE take a quick look at some his contributions to the forum: This is the same racist prick who jokes about being...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marcismo55 Cool....thanks. So I should be fine getting the EK master link. Is there any specific type that I need to get besides one for a 520 chain? na EK 520 master and you should be good

Quote: Originally Posted by ZX6RRNewbie I won't convince anyone here because most of you talk like car mechanics remember what's good for you car is not always good for your bike. I do work on cars for a living so I probably sound like a car mechanic. Over time my arm and wrist have turned into a torque wrench, for the simple things. The only reason I torque all my filters by hand is cause I've seen way more gaskets fail from...