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any good way to put the exhaust bolt??

Started by jkstyle834, April 18, 2004, 03:23:45 PM

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jkstyle834

i seem to never put them in hard enough... cause after i ride for about 10 mins... they just become so loose i can turn them out with my hand... how can i bolt them up really tite???? i do it tightest i could with alen ranch... but seems to never work... help please...

octane

Are you using those tiny allen wrenches? Not enough leverage. Get  wrenches with longer handles, slip a pipe on the end of them, or use  an allen ratchet socket.

ash999


werase643

drill holes in the heads and safety wire them.....
works on race bikes :cheers:
I have never had one fall out that was wired
want Iain's money to support my butt in kens shop

MarkusN

Careful with the pipe for leverage, though. You don't want to overtighten that puppy. (Thread's in the cylinder, after all.) "After tight comes off" is an old German shop proverb.

Safest route is to use a torque wrench and a bit of copper paste in the thread. Because the more common problem with those bolts is that they are corroded fast.

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