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Matsumike
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« on: September 27, 2010, 09:54:27 PM » |
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Oaky..... I'm about ready to reconnect my pipes and need to replace the 6 gaskets. Is it okay to put a little greese on them to hold 'em in place while -trying... I mean getting the pipes in place on the studs? WOuld it do anything to the gaskets?
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« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2010, 01:18:23 AM » |
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that'll work fine....a dab of grease won't hurt anything.
Some press the gaskets a little to make them out of round so they will stay in place while assembling. Your choice.
I have always used the grease trick.
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aslondon
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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2010, 04:36:06 AM » |
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I just put a set of Jardines on and used some aftermarket gaskets that actually had to be pushed into the holes. I didn't have to hold them with anything. Grease should work fine as should a dab of hi temp rtv. Remember you may have to retighten the header nuts a few times after they heat and cool because the gaskets will crush and expand and contract as they are heated and cooled.
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GOOSE
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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2010, 04:27:24 PM » |
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i always use axle grease to hold mine in. a buddy of mine uses vasoline on his, the cool thing about the vasoline is that when you start up the motor, a little flamie will come out of each exhaust..............cool.
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« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2010, 02:16:33 PM » |
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Oaky..... I'm about ready to reconnect my pipes and need to replace the 6 gaskets. Is it okay to put a little greese on them to hold 'em in place while -trying... I mean getting the pipes in place on the studs? WOuld it do anything to the gaskets?
That shouldn't be a problem. In my case, I have not used grease but always squeezed them just a little bit with my hand to give it an oval egg shape. It now stays up inside the exhaust port while I lift the header to the engine.  |
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« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2010, 04:13:19 PM » |
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I use grease, It burns off |
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« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2010, 07:32:35 AM » |
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One other note. You may want to alternate tightening the nuts. Also it is very easy to break them off. No need to crank down on them. Not sure what the torque spec. is.
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« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2010, 12:01:54 PM » |
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I use grease, It burns off Tundra has it correct! Deforming the circle risks having the gasket extrude into the exhaust opening and lose sealing. *** |
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« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2010, 10:12:47 PM » |
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7 ft/lbs. I used scotch tape and snugged them down firm. When installed, next day, following weekend. I checked after a month and one needed tightening.
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Matsumike
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« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2010, 01:08:57 AM » |
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Thanks guys. Those are really a bear to get in place. You know I went to the Honda shop 'cause I missplaced 3 of the acorn nuts at the header. You know what they wanted for those? $6 each!
Couldn't find asny with the long acorn shank like that at local hardwaer so I bought 'em but it sure felt like theft to me....
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« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2010, 09:33:55 AM » |
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The stock oem acorns are like that to protect the threads on the stud and to help removal of the acorn.
You can do the same with simple additional nuts on the studs.
Be sure to use anti-seize.
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« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2010, 01:16:44 PM » |
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I would think standard acron nuts with right sized washers. It just doesn't look nice. For me, it's my ACE's old rusted acorns holding the front chrome flap at the bottom of the fender. It just wouldn't look the same, I think I', going to spend the $5 per they want for the 3 plus more nuts that I have rusting on my bike.
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