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exhaust probs | Martin Cooke

Re: exhaust probs | EldoMike

RE: exhaust probs | Kevin Graf

Re: exhaust probs | Ken Pitts

Re: exhaust probs | Martin Cooke

RE: exhaust probs | Kevin Graf

Re: exhaust probs | Paul Linn

Re: exhaust probs | Zerhackermann

RE: exhaust probs | Kevin Graf

Re: exhaust probs | Martin Cooke

RE: exhaust probs | Kevin Graf

Re: exhaust probs | Martin Cooke

RE: exhaust probs | Kevin Graf

RE: exhaust probs | Zerhackermann

RE: exhaust probs | Jesse Open

RE: exhaust probs | Zerhackermann

RE: exhaust probs | Jesse Open

RE: exhaust probs | Zerhackermann

RE: exhaust probs | Charlie Mullendore

RE: exhaust probs | Karl Kologiski

RE: exhaust probs | Jesse Open

RE: exhaust probs | Zerhackermann

Re: exhaust probs | Alan Dunphy

RE: exhaust probs | Fred Sahms

RE: exhaust probs | Jesse Open

RE: exhaust probs | murp-@aol.com

Re: exhaust probs | Martin Cooke

Re: exhaust probs | Greg Hopkins

Re: exhaust probs | Martin Cooke

Re: exhaust probs | Bill Berry

Re: exhaust probs | Zerhackermann

Re: exhaust probs | Martin Cooke

RE: exhaust probs | Jesse Open

Re: exhaust probs | Greg Hopkins

Subject: RE: exhaust probs	Date: Jul 26, 2002, 3:22 PM
Author: Zerhackermann	Post ID: 1710678636

I only had to do it for the first 500 miles or so. Never need it after
that. So relax and climb down off that pulpit before I set fire to it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse Open [mailto:Beaver-@comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:50 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: exhaust probs

It IS the choice of so many POs :-))
Of course if you use the RIGHT wrench you won't have to worry about
TAKING a "hook" wrench WITH YOU !!! Zerhackermann wrote:

A hook wrench works just fine.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse Open [mailto:Beaver-@comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:49 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: exhaust probs

First GET RID OF THE LOCKNUT ! It only pulls the gland nut AWAY from
the gasket ring and DECREASES the pressure you are relying on to seal
the joint. They MAY work OK if you have little wear on the threads but

you are far better off to PROPERLY tighten the gland nut WITHOUT the
lock ring. The original chrome plated brass gland nuts were very easy
on the aluminum threads and also had a higher coefficient of thermal
expansion which actually caused them to hold better when hot.
A properly tightened nut will hold until you WANT to take it apart.
Most of the problems come from people afraid to tighten them fully for

fear of stripping the threads. A little high temp PERMATEX ANTI SIEZE
and a LOT of ttorque with the PROPER tool are required ! Pipe
wrenches , spanner wrenches ,hammer and punch , basin wrenches etc.
are NOT the proper tool. A castellated wrench that drive on the
TANGENT is the best way . The others tend to distort the tubular gland

nut long before the proper torque is achieved. They may work now and
then but to be sure the good tool is a must.
If you don't have access to the right tool ,email me and you may
borrow mine. IT WILL WORK !! :-) Martin Cooke wrote:

to whoever wrote this (i've lost track):

"cookie I always thought exhaust if it pops letting off the throttle

and intake air leak if it popped getting on the throtle? B."

an air leak at the exhaust manifold will pop on the over run. an air

leak on the intake will just make it run weak in my experience.

now if anyone knows how to stop an eldo getting a loose joint at the

head/downpipe i'd like to know. got a friends bike doing this all
the time. NOT the nut coming loose (it's the locknut type), it just
eats the gasket after a few miles, air gets in, backfires like
crazy. i put new

gaskets

in &
it's fine for a while, then same thing.

it started happening when new mufflers were fitted with rear balance

pipe removed. i think it may be to do with the pipes moving &
flattening off the gaskets. however the exhaust assy doesn't appear
to be moving any more than
stock.

i must have put 6 sets of ex gaskets in that bike & i'm getting fed
up

now.

cookie

----- Original Message -----
From: "E. C. Bud Durdle" <bu-@olympus.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: Digest for Loopfram-@topica.com, issue 861

On Wednesday 24 July 2002 10:16 pm, you wrote:

I heard a little while ago that the popping could be from
looseness at the head/exhaust header joint, or somewhere close to
that. Check to make sure the exhaust is tight up there, and/or has

no leaks.

I am working on a 74 Eldo I just picked up with Amal Carbs. When

let

off the throttle and am gearing down
it pops through the mufflers. I have played with the air screws and
it

has gotten better, but it is still

there. I have checked the carb intake gaskets and they are fine.
Someone

told me
this is a common problem with running amals on a Guzzi. Any ideas

Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:05:15 +0100
From: "Martin Cooke" <mjco-@nildram.co.uk>
Subject: Re: carb & air filter question

almost certainly an air leak as matt has said

cookie

cookie I always thought exhaust if it pops letting off the throttle
and intake air leak if it popped getting on the throtle? B.

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