Subject: Re: exhaust probs
Author: Martin Cooke
Date: Jul 26, 2002, 6:19 AM
Post ID: 1710675059
you know, i've seen the seam but never thought about orientation. gonna try
that next time.
cookie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Pitts" <MGcoo-@aol.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: exhaust probs
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 |
| to this & did not believe it would make a difference, but I was about |
| 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 |
| motor, problem solved. Ken Asheville, NC |