Subject: RE: Exhaust nuts
Author: Greg Bender
Date: May 20, 2005, 11:32 AM
Post ID: 1718898669
Hi Dane,
If you've got the stock brass? nuts, I think Mark Etheridge recommended
using a cone shape piece of something to spread them a little bit. I
think someone on this list recently did that successfully. If you are
getting the steel locking ones from MG Cycle, you may have to wait and
see how the fit is - I'm not sure you'll be able to spread them much.
As an aside, I had the threads in one of my heads repaired and - due to
a mistake on my part - didn't end up with enough threads left on my nut
to fully tighten the header pipe into the head. Rather than send the
head back for repair, I fashionned a spacer out of a large washer to fit
between the exhaust nut and the exhaust flange. I just found a large,
thick washer of the appropriate OD at my local Home Depot and then
drilled/filed the inside out to the appropriate ID. It has worked very
well for me.
DANE TROUT wrote:
So what is the best way to size them? I just put new pipes and mufflers on my 68 and I need to replace all the nuts... Dane 68v700 From: Greg Bender <gr-@thisoldtractor.com> Reply-To: Loopfram-@topica.com To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: RE: Exhaust nuts Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 15:05:37 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from out006.topica-platinum-y.com ([66.227.60.26]) by mc7-f5.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Fri, 20 May 2005 08:05:45 -0700 X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jFCmLyUkGq0kalcVU0Zz1UWwAYZKQoHqwI= Errors-To: <Wlon8QEJAWZ0TBA-@boing.topica.com> X-Topica-Id: <1116601537.web002.30208.1000000> List-Help: <http://topica.com/lists/Loopframe_Guzzi@topica.com/> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:Loopframe_Guzz-@topica.com> Return-Path: Wlon8QEJAWZ0TBA-@boing.topica.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 May 2005 15:05:45.0736 (UTC) FILETIME=[6622F880:01C55D4D] Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a Free Sirius Satellite Package, don't pass on this! http://click.topica.com/caadwPhb1dfltbOKx3da/ProductTestPanel ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Ross, I think the diameter is a definite contributing factor. A reader mentioned that in the TIPS II book I was reading last evening as the wife watched the last episode of "The Apprentice" (don't even get me started on 'reality' shows). Ross wrote:
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Greg Bender
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