Changing the oil on the new to me 450 XC

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One more question, changing the oil on the new to me 450 XC. The post owner drilled and safety wired all 3 drain bolts and all 4 oil filter bolts…but didn't do a lot of other needed maintenance… Is it necessary to safety wire all those things? It's a pain in the ass to do after every oil change

Changing the oil on the new to me 450 XC

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    Good god no.

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    Absolutely not.

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    Damn who the heck would do that? I’m guessing an AandP. Those guys Saftey wire everything.

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    Throw it away and get yourself some blue lock tight

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    Perfect!

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    Cut it off, it wasn’t done right to begin with.

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    Use a torque wrench and the manual for the spec like from the factory , the safety wire is overkill and not needed

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    Not required but I safety wire a ton of things on my bike. That saftey wire job is trash anyway

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    If he raced it doing super mortared he would have had to lockwire. I use tiny drop of low strength thread locker(purple) on bolt the rub the other one against it. Then a one handled firm not hard nip up with a t-bar. Basically any cover Nut I think has a very low torque setting. Always remember steel fixtures in allow you need to be very careful

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    No but it can’t hurt. Also if you didn’t already know. Those oil filter bolt are harder than and magnesium case and will strip very ,very very easily. The torque spec I believe is only like 2 or 4 nanometers. If you think it’s too loose it probably too tight.

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    Somebody smoked some weed and got crazy with their new tool… I have owned 5 RFS machines.. never had a filter bolt come loose.. sprocket nuts, shifter,kick starter and spokes but never that.

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    Probably road raced or motard raced. Its required to wire those.

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    LMAO. Jeezus no! Get rid of those wires.!

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    Don’t need um unless you’re on a track.

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    FYI you’re bike has been hammered on. Lol

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    Stupid wiring

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    It’s only required for race bikes

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    Probably road raced in Motard classes with AHRMA,WERA, etc

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    Fyi, if you want that mud to come out of the Aluminum cases, use Eagle 1 mag-wheel cleaner, it’ll come up like new.

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    I’ve got an ’07 525 Exc with the same filter set-zip and I’ve never had an issue.

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    30 years in the garage and the only thing I ever found needed safety wire is small block Chevy header bolts.
    Oh, and almost EVERY non-engine bolt on a 2004 harley…

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    No it not necessary that is done for road racing..if you toque it its right C&M Cycles 3018i47091 cmcycles.net

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    Not needed. Never lost one.

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    It’s needed for racing..

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    Red loctite is easier

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    Had that same engine in a EXC and the bolds were never an issue. Never even seen that done before.

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    No

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