How many times can you re-use cam plugs if at all?

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Re: How many times can you re-use cam plugs if at all?

12 May 2016 17:03
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Not sure about the twin but on my 650 the newer revised 1111 plugs don't have the angled part that you see on the bottom outside of your pic so they are 3/16 of a inch or just under shorter than the head..... I bought them from Z1 and partzilla both and they were both the same no angled part so that's why I had to re use mine..... no billet ones available for ours as far as I know.
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Re: How many times can you re-use cam plugs if at all?

12 May 2016 17:14
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The angled part helps keep them in. I never had a OEM one come out.
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Re: How many times can you re-use cam plugs if at all?

12 May 2016 17:20
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The ones on the KZ650 can never come out. They each have a cylinder head cover bolt running straight through them. Ed

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Re: How many times can you re-use cam plugs if at all?

12 May 2016 17:21
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J models too.
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Re: How many times can you re-use cam plugs if at all?

15 May 2016 18:28 - 15 May 2016 18:30
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650ed wrote: The ones on the KZ650 can never come out. They each have a cylinder head cover bolt running straight through them. Ed

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Re: How many times can you re-use cam plugs if at all?

16 May 2016 09:06
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Looks like the 750 twins don't have end-bolts through the plugs. Good to know.
Did the 1000 or 1100 eventually get them? My buddies ST leaked like a MF. His did not have the end-bolts.
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