Honda Shadow VT1100-C3 Single Pin engine Oil Guide Plug Fix

GETTING STARTED

If you have purchased a motorcycle lift, use it. Otherwise, try to position the bike near a car or wall that you can lean it against towards the right (opposite of the way it would lean on the kick stand) This will stop oil from running towards the kick stand and on to the new gasket you will be installing which would result in an oil leak.

Warm up the motorcycle for a few minutes. Then turn off and drain oil. Remove left running board. Remove the gear shifter.

Remove chrome outer “dress up to make it look pretty” cover. It has one nut at the bottom center take that off and then pull / pry on the cover (See Figure 4). Put some gasket cement or Loctite on the threads and screw the nut back on and tighten it up. This is so you can drive the bike with the cover off for a week and be able to detect any leaks.

Remove Clutch Cable – The easy way undo the two bolts that hold the tension assemble (See Figure 5). Screw bolts back in so you don’t lose them or forget where they go. Remove starter gear cover.

Try to keep the bolts in each cover to ease reassembly later. DON’T FORGET THE “HIDDEN BOLT” under the starter cover!(See Figure 6) Wrap both with a rag put a cloth to absorb excess oil – DON’T spray them with brake cleaner – the ends must have oil on them or you will have a LOT of trouble putting them back in.

Now loosen all other bolts on the main cover. You will probably have to use a pry bar that I placed at the base of the V- in the V-twins and just above the top of the cover. Or hit the cover with a rubber mallet. If the cover doesn’t move you probably forgot a bolt or the “hidden bolt”.

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