I cannot remove spark plugs

[SquireSCA]

Apparently, this is a process that exceeds my skills. I can swap out wet clutches, re-jet carbs, removes wheels and sprockets, install exhausts and power commanders, bars, and the normal stuff.

But I cannot pull the front spark plug on this damned bike. Not with the cheap Ducati plug socket, and not with a standard 5/8" spark plug socket, either the 6 point or the 12 point type.

I can remove the coil and the front cylinder gives me direct access to the plug, but I cannot get a socket down in there to grab onto the plug. I can feel the end going into the rubber portion of the socket, the part that holds it in there, but neither of the 4 sockets that I tried will slip over and grab onto the plug itself, in order for me to remove it or tighten it.

Any ideas? This is retarded that the plug is half a foot down into the motor and none of the tools that I have will apparently work.

[Malevolent Monster]

SPARK PLUG TIGHTNG KEY 1098/07

Item Number:
887132877

Price: 95.99

[jones525]

Another special tool?

[SquireSCA]

You are phucking joking, right?

A $100 tool to remove a spark plug?

There are days when I wish I had just bought a Honda. LOL

[Malevolent Monster]

Don't shoot the messenger.

[denali804]

Special bike, Special tools. Im sure that someone will chime in soon that have come up with a way of getting those damn things out.

[jdurward]

Are the tools covered by warranty? If so, get your dealer to get you one that works

[Malevolent Monster]

Why would service tools be covered under a warranty?

[jdurward]

They are part of the delivered product aren't they?

[Malevolent Monster]

Originally Posted by jdurward

They are part of the delivered product aren't they?

I was refering to the Ducati "special" tool. Not the one included with the bike.