all great info. thanks!

 

Sometimes stock is not always better, if they wanted you to keep that screen clean yourself they would have made it like mine. A special tool for such a small item, really??

 

Update: I got to work on it today. Tappet screen was clean as a whistle, cut the oil filter and all good there too. No strange debris or anything. The oil was black as could be, which is very strange. I've never had oil get this black in this bike. I put on a new filter and fresh oil and all all seems well. I took it for a short ride and it's nice and quiet. I was adding the new oil when my wife called and was broke down in our Impala. I got to ride to the parts store to get the parts to go fix it. It never ends.....

 

It sucks your wife got stranded. Hopefully you got the Impala fixed and glad the bike is running better.

 

Oh yeah. I changed the accelerator pedal with new sending unit in the parking lot of my mother in laws apartment and was good to go. The only real bummer was that I had to go in and say hi!

 

This tool arrived Friday and works great! Thank you for the advice.

 

Thanks to this thread, I went ahead an bought that tool as well. Also got a spare screen/spring just in case the one in mine was buggered.

Tool worked a dream. Old screen looked fine. Decided to put the new one in anyway, just 'cause.

Now I've got the tool carefully put into my chest in the exact spot I'll never think to look the next time I want to use it.

 

I must say I don't understand this tool and plug thing, is this something that will not be for an early evo like mine ? Doesn't look like it would work for me. Not that I need one. curious.

 

Well, you kinda need the tool if you want to take the plug out and check/clean the screen. You can do it with other means, but they frequently involve damaging the plug. Kinda like using a regular screw driver on gun screws. You don't want to do that.

A couple years ago, I did pull that plug and check the screen. I had lost the tool and bought a replacement. Hadn't checked that screen for, I dunno, 40, 50K miles. Perfectly clean. The lost plug showed up a month later.

 

It looks like your bike has an aftermarket plug made by "colony". I am in the middle of converting my other bike from efi to carb. Once I'm finished with that I am going to order be ordering those from Colony for all my evos! I'd much rather use an allen wrench than the slotted plug.