TonyB
XS400 Member
Hallo everyone, I am new to the forum and live in Oakville Ontario. Just purchased a 1984 XS400 Maxim and would appreciate some help regarding the oil filter. Drained the oil today and also managed to remove the oil filter cover plated despite the bolt head being rounded, seems typical from what I have read on the forum so far. My questions are as follows, should there be a spring between the cover plate and filter, the filter has a flat surface on one side and the plate on the other side has a depression where the gasket is located and the word "FRONT" is stamped on this side of the filter, what is the correct orientation for the filter install. The replacement filter that came with the bike seems to have really hard and rigid filter media, is this normal or just an old filter. Also is there a manual for this model on the Forum, the manuals I found on the Forum so far are for 1982 models and earlier and the oil filter and cover plate are different.
Thanks,
TonyB
Thanks,
TonyB