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07/04/06 at 14:51:00
Anyone have trouble with header bolts backing out?? I developed a up shift backfire yesterday on the way home from work. Started checking connections and found brake side header bolt had worked its way out 2 turns. Shifter side header bolt 21/2. Should I use some locktite or other product??
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
No spacer,60 pilot jet, 155 main jet, plug door, sportster muffler, k&n drop in, iridium plug, brake pedal mod,de-badged, Dunlops, bullet turn signals.
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Re: Header bolts
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07/04/06 at 14:58:28
i too have the same thing, i just retighten in my weekly pms.
thats preventive maintance system.
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07/04/06 at 15:02:50
sluggo wrote
on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:
i too have the same thing, i just retighten in my weekly pms.
thats preventive maintance system.
Thats easily added to mine as well. Thanks for the imput.
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Re: Header bolts
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07/04/06 at 15:11:00
I had that problem after I replaced the gasket. I suppose it took several tightening cycles to fully crush the gasket. After 3 or 4 times it seems to have crushed and the bolts are staying put.
As far as using locktite, I think that is a big NO. These are steel bolts threaded into an aluminum head. You should be using anti-sieze compound on the bolts.
So re-torque the bolts. After your next ride, let the engine cool and check it again.
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07/04/06 at 16:02:09
Steve530 wrote
on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:
I had that problem after I replaced the gasket. I suppose it took several tightening cycles to fully crush the gasket. After 3 or 4 times it seems to have crushed and the bolts are staying put.
As far as using locktite, I think that is a big NO. These are steel bolts threaded into an aluminum head. You should be using anti-sieze compound on the bolts.
So re-torque the bolts. After your next ride, let the engine cool and check it again.
I think I will go with Sluggos suggestion and add it to a weekly schedule.
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Re: Header bolts
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07/04/06 at 16:04:25
sluggo wrote
on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:
preventive maintance system
Now I know I've heard that somewhere before.
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07/04/06 at 16:48:12
Savage_Rob wrote
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Now I know I've heard that somewhere before.
you can leave the navy, but the navy never leaves you. and it's scarry at times. i'll wake up some nights running damage control drills in my mind. i left the navy 29 years ago.
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07/04/06 at 17:21:15
Yeah, some things you just never forget... like:
General quarters, general quarters... All hands man your battle stations.
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Reveille, reveille... All hands heave out and trice up.
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The smoking lamp is out throughout the ship....
Every time we go on a cruise for a vacation, it just never seems right without bosuns pipes.
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1998|MAC muffler|ceramic coated header|K&N air filter|Amal Mk2 carb|Odyssey battery|iridium plug|NC windshield|Dunlop 491s|Superbrace|EBC brake rotor|12.5" Progressive shocks|Kuryakyn ISO grips
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07/04/06 at 17:21:27
Belay my last.
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07/04/06 at 17:50:13
Steve530 wrote
on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:
I had that problem after I replaced the gasket. I suppose it took several tightening cycles to fully crush the gasket. After 3 or 4 times it seems to have crushed and the bolts are staying put.
As far as using locktite, I think that is a big NO. These are steel bolts threaded into an aluminum head. You should be using anti-sieze compound on the bolts.
So re-torque the bolts. After your next ride, let the engine cool and check it again.
Much like the crush gasket on the muffler. It took a couple of tries till it was right. Your effort and insight is noted and appericiated.
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
No spacer,60 pilot jet, 155 main jet, plug door, sportster muffler, k&n drop in, iridium plug, brake pedal mod,de-badged, Dunlops, bullet turn signals.
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07/04/06 at 18:34:22
Well as for the header bolts I have seen the same thing with them backing out just have to retighten weekly.
As for the navy I am still living it have about 7 years to go and then they pay me to go ride my bike but I don't think I will ever miss the bos'n pipe.
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07/05/06 at 02:50:33
I use stainless allen head bolts where the header joins the head, comes out more easily but not on it's own.
Clive W
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Re: Header bolts
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07/05/06 at 08:46:17
I've been wrapping the threads on the bolts with a piece of teflon tape, no problems with the bolts coming loose so far.
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