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Mikey
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Winona, MN
Exhaust Bolts
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September 25, 2009, 07:21:21 AM »
Is it a dumb idea to Loctite the header bolts? I'm kinda thinkin it is, or I wouldn't ask
Does anyone else have a problem with keeping those little buggers tight? Any solutions? I tightened them up, rode her for about 50 miles, and I can hear it start to leak again.
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Tundra
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2014 Valkyrie 1800
Seminole, Florida
Re: Exhaust Bolts
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September 25, 2009, 07:29:22 AM »
It's a process. Tighten/torque to 7 lbs. and ride, get em hot. Re-torque. Do this several times until no additional torque is required, should be fine.
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R J
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Des Moines, IA
Re: Exhaust Bolts
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September 25, 2009, 09:25:13 AM »
Be patient Grasshopper, torque, ride, torque, ride, torque, ride, torque, ride, should be good to go now.
They have a squash gasket ring that you can not squish on the 1st few attempts.........
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Mikey
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Re: Exhaust Bolts
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September 25, 2009, 09:26:45 AM »
Do you torque them when they're hot or wait till it cools back off?
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R J
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DS-0009 ...... # 173
Des Moines, IA
Re: Exhaust Bolts
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September 25, 2009, 10:48:30 AM »
Quote from: Mikey on September 25, 2009, 09:26:45 AM
Do you torque them when they're hot or wait till it cools back off?
I have done it both ways. Hot ya can get burnt.
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Nicholasville, Ky.
Re: Exhaust Bolts
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September 25, 2009, 11:00:29 AM »
Quote from: Mikey on September 25, 2009, 09:26:45 AM
Do you torque them when they're hot or wait till it cools back off?
I think better when cools and safer.
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