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Posted by jmbo
 - March 18, 2013, 08:54:15 AM

 Are you are taking about gripping the plug porcelain in order to retrieve the plug or start threading the new one?  If so then here what I do.  I use a trick left over from my Triumph T-bird days.  I bought a deep socket from Ace hardware.  It had an extremely thin wall so it would fit in the plug recess.  Once the plug was loose, I then I used a piece of rubber tubing to slip over the porcelain to retrieve the plug.  I use the same tubing to start the new plug.  Hope this helps.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - March 17, 2013, 23:57:02 PM

0100, just got homeand I'll have to look at mine in the morning to see what it has in there...

Posted by greenbarn
 - March 17, 2013, 20:18:54 PM

Yes, but this plug CR7E, (I think) has too small a diameter on the porcelain for the socket to grip it.   I tried two different NEW sockets as well, two different brands.  Same thing. 

Posted by 49Reo
 - March 17, 2013, 19:15:56 PM

Doesn't your 5/8" spark plug socket have a rubber insert in it to hold the porcelain?  ???

Posted by greenbarn
 - March 17, 2013, 18:44:17 PM

Doing some projects/ maintenance on the 800 and thought I'd change the plugs.  No idea how old they are, but I have the tank off (that's a good enough reason to me) and  they had some wear.  Ok, so I took them out with my 5/8" ( ~16mm) plug socket from my toolbox, but the diameter of the porcelain part of the plug is too small for the socket to grip it properly.  So I thouht I'd try out my handy-dandy plug socket in my Drifter tool kit.  First thing I noticed was the socket is bigger than the hex dimension on the plug.  I measures about 18mm, like it would fit the larger-sized spark plugs.   This thing won't even fit into the hole in the top of the head, where the plug goes into.

SO do I have the wrong plug socket in my tool kit??

Does anyone have a socket set-up they carry on the bike?  This one obviously won't work if I was stuck along the road....

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