Broken Coil!

[zeltus]

I managed to break the ceramic in my right-hand stick coil (2004 R1150GS Adventure)

I did this when having difficulty removing the soddin' thing. The rubber sleeve always seems to stick to the tunnel it's in.

I managed to get the rubber sleeve and the half of the ceramic cap (the bit that covers the spark plug contact) that had come away from the rest of the coil and I've ordered a replacement part (sigh) from Motobins

But my question is... what can I do to stop the coil sticking in it's tunnel and thus becoming a pain to remove? I've tried dry fit and I've tried plenty of WD40. But still the thing sticks in the tunnel. All I can think of is to remove the coils whenever I think I'm not going to use the bike for a week or two. Which sounds like a silly plan to me.

Anyway, anyone got any suggestions?

Many thanks!

Bill

 

[sockpuppet]

Firstly....welcome to the site

Grease.

WD is not a lubricant, it'll work to free stuff up in the short term but for this not quite right. Halfords do tubes of grease, just smear the sides in some and it'll side easier.

 

[waterloo700]

Firstly....welcome to the site

Grease.

WD is not a lubricant, it'll work to free stuff up in the short term but for this not quite right. Halfords do tubes of grease, just smear the sides in some and it'll side easier.

+1 with the added suggestion to use red rubber grease - specially formulated to keep rubber er ...... rubbery.

 

[petkostas]

As mentioned above grease, or get a silicon and a contact cleaner spray and when you remove the coils spray them they will always come off more easy once you start maintaining them!
Avoid WD40 on rubber parts as its water displacing and it will dry out rubber parts on the long term...