Subject: Re: Exhaust Nut Removal
Author: Skip & Jane
Date: Jan 25, 2004, 12:06 PM
Post ID: 1715852709
Try cutting off the pipe at the nut and then with a sawzall or hacksaw, cut
a slot in the top of the nut from the inside. Be careful not to get into the
threads. After you have a slot in it, take a punch and hammer the nut inward
a few whacks. This should separate the nut from the threads allowing it to
screw out. If that does not work cut a slot in the bottom and take the nut
out in 2 pieces.
You can also try a pipe wrench with a large steel plumbing pipe over the end
as a cheater bar.
On a side note, if anyone needs the exhaust threads repaired in Guzzi or
Norton heads, my father in laws machine shop can do them for 100 dollars a
hole. He mills out the old threads and welds in a new threaded insert. He
has done a few commandos and a eldo. It seems to work better than the type
with the set screw.
Skip & Jane Kologiski
Bird at The Wheel Vintage Motorcycle Stuff
http://home.earthlink.net/~kkologiski/bird.html
Central Florida Reps for the MGNOC (Moto Guzzi National Owners Club).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Mullendore" <li-@loopframe.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:58 AM
Subject: RE: Exhaust Nut Removal
| Rusted in place, no. But with dissimilar metals isn't there always a chance of a galvanic reaction sticking them fast just as well? I have several heads where the headpipe has been torched off and the stub of it is still held in place by a severely mangled nut. I'll probably (carefully) cut through the remains of the headpipe, then the nut with my Dremel if/when I ever need the heads. Cheers, Charlie mjon-@yahoo.com wrote:
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