Subject: Re: Exhaust Header LockNuts
Author: Martin Cooke
Date: Nov 20, 2000, 2:36 AM
Post ID: 1704046033
I use header nuts with locknuts on my bike & on a friends. Mine work fine &
I never need to touch them. On my friends bike the nuts don't come loose,
but the pipe works loose somehow & then the gasket disintegrates & exhaust
blows badly. I change it & then it all happens again.
Is it the exhaust system moving around & flattening the gasket, then blow-by
trashes them? Exhaust system doesn't seem to move around abnormally.
Any ideas?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Ruff" <klru-@webspan.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 3:39 AM
Subject: Exhaust Header LockNuts
| Greetings Fellow Loopers, Wanted to get y'alls thoughts on exhaust header locknuts. I have read and heard about the problems the Loopframes had with the header pipes vibrating the exhaust nuts loose, resulting in stripped cylinder head threads. I have seen the locking nut assy at I think Harpers, $37 each!! OUCH!! I was going to bid on some sort of header pipe to frame bracket that was just on e-bay, but I missed the boat, forgot about the auction until 15 minutes after it ended. What are y'all doing with your bikes? Does pretty much everyone have some sort of protection against the header nut coming loose, and if so, what is the recommended device to cure it (locking nut, header-to-frame bracket)? I have also heard of people drilling a hole in a cylinder fin and screwing a chain to it and the header nut. Should I worry about this or not? Thanx, Keith Ruff 71 Police Amabassador - NJ ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C Ahttp://www.topica.com/t/17 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics |