New 350x owner questions

[bcacali24]

hey everyone i just have a few questions about matinence on my 350x. It has a squeek somewhere in the rear, either the swingarm or the shock but i think its the swingarm. is there a way to lube the swingarm? What weight and what kind of oil and filter do you all use? Does anyone know where i can get bulbs for the headlight? Also are you guys clutches smooth cause mine kinda gets held up a little. could it be the clutch cable or is it the cluth itself? also my dang break fluid resiviors are shut and the philips screws are stripped out so how can i get them out to put some fluid in there? thanks for your help.

[Dirtcrasher]

hey everyone i just have a few questions about matinence on my 350x. It has a squeek somewhere in the rear, either the swingarm or the shock but i think its the swingarm. is there a way to lube the swingarm?

It needs to be all taken apart and lubed with a good waterproof grease

What weight and what kind of oil and filter do you all use?

I just run valvoline 10/w40 and use a Honda filter (if you put the filter in backwards it's bye bye topend) I change the oil OFTEN


Does anyone know where i can get bulbs for the headlight?

NAPA HM202 Bulbs or EBAY

Also are you guys clutches smooth cause mine kinda gets held up a little. could it be the clutch cable or is it the cluth itself?

Try lubing the cable, could be a notched and worn clutch basket, is neutral hard to fine while it's idling??

also my dang break fluid resiviors are shut and the philips screws are stripped out so how can i get them out to put some fluid in there? thanks for your help.

Grab a used one on EBAY or adapt another newer model resevoir to your 350X

Don't start tearing into it until you get yourself a manual or you'll cause yourself allot of headaches.

[Mrs.Mosh]

Welcome to the site.

My old Banshee had the philips heads stripped for the brake ressy covers.
This is how we fix them.

Grab a drill bit and drill with the drill bit being almost the same size as the screw head.
Use the stripped area as a center guide.Drill the tops of the heads off.You will see when the heads are dissapearing. dont go too far,most of the time you can see when they are gone,and sometimes the cap will actually pop up when you get the heads drilled out.
Once you drill the heads off,then you can take the cover off.Once the cover is off,you will have a 1/8 of the threads hanging up above the ressy.Use a small pair of vice grips,and most of the time,you can unscrew the remaing threads.Then go down to the hardware store,and you can find new machine screws that will fit the ressy.
I cant help you with your squeeks.

The clutch, disconnect the clutch cable at both ends,and try to move the cable by hand.It should slide free in the housing,with no resistance.If not,you need to get a new cable.

[bcacali24]

thanks for your help. No its easy to find neutral so does that mean its the cable? im going to check it here in a minute so ill tell you what i find

[bcacali24]

yep the cable is held up somewhere. im going to replace the cable and see what happens

[tanks350x]

cables are very cheap on ebay, maybe 17 bucks shipped