Subject: Re: exhaust probs
Author: Ken Pitts
Date: Jul 26, 2002, 5:41 AM
Post ID: 1710674804
In a message dated 7/26/02 4:58:38 AM, cook-@virgin.net writes:
<< 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. >>
I was having a similar problem. A friend asked what direction I had faced
the seam on the gasket, towards the motor or away. I had never paid attention
to this & did not believe it would make a difference, but I was about ready
to pull my hair out so I tried it. I had to look very close but there is a
seam where the copper is rolled around, I put the seam facing away from the
motor, problem solved.
Ken
Asheville, NC