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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Exhaust Bolts 09/20/12 at 11:23:57 I have a question about how to extract the exhaust bolts that go into the motor. I want to put anti seize grease on them but they have been in since it was new in 2005 . Should I spray penetrating oil on first, or should I do it dry with the engine hot or cold? What is the best way ? Thanks!
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28890 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Exhaust Bolts Reply #1 - 09/20/12 at 11:35:20 They should've been installed with anti-siez from the factory. but shouldn't take more than 20-30 ft-lbs to remove. more than that I'd look for some pene oil.
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Reply #2 - 09/20/12 at 11:49:42

If they really do have anti-seize compound on them, penetrating oil won't do much,.. and, as V says, they use that stuff at the factory, so if it has never been apart,..

BTW, ATF makes for as good a penetrating oil as you will find anywhere. You probably have some handy, but if you don't, go get the cheapest you can find,.. and you'll have a lifetime's supply of penetrating oil for a couple bucks. It makes really good gun oil too, but some folks don't like it on guns because it smells icky.

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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Re: Exhaust Bolts Reply #3 - 09/20/12 at 12:24:28 Thanks,they came out.
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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: Exhaust Bolts Reply #4 - 09/20/12 at 16:51:21 Gyrobob wrote on 09/20/12 at 11:49:42: BTW, ATF makes for as good a penetrating oil as you will find anywhere. ATF alone isn't, ATF+Acetone is, but the reason why you don't use that is because it eats paint - obviously.
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Exhaust Bolts Reply #5 - 09/20/12 at 16:53:37 ATF alone has worked fine for me for the past half-century or so as a penetrating oil. Penetrates well, needs no mixing with anything else, and is cheapcheapcheap. I have read about mixing it with acetone, but what a bother.
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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Re: Exhaust Bolts Reply #6 - 09/20/12 at 20:16:38 One more thing, I read your opinions that these bolts should be tighened up with the bike cold. I tighened mine up with the bike a little warm but not hot,and anti seize grease . That shouldn't matter ,should it? I didn't really over tighten them ,just snug ,and a hair more. Thanks!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Exhaust Bolts Reply #7 - 09/20/12 at 20:26:05 IDK if its gonna be a problem. Ive always just done it when the bikes cold.
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Re: Exhaust Bolts
Reply #8 - 09/21/12 at 05:19:36

rl153 wrote on 09/20/12 at 20:16:38:

One more thing, I read your opinions that these bolts should be tighened up with the bike cold. I tighened mine up with the bike a little warm but not hot,and anti seize grease . That shouldn't matter ,should it? I didn't really over tighten them ,just snug ,and a hair more. Thanks!

Whenever you take something fundamental like that apart, and then reassemble it (warm or cold) you should always ride the bike for at least a short trip, let it cool off for several hours, and then recheck the torque on everything.

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Reply #9 - 09/21/12 at 20:45:30

rl153 wrote on 09/20/12 at 20:16:38:

One more thing, I read your opinions that these bolts should be tighened up with the bike cold. I tighened mine up with the bike a little warm but not hot,and anti seize grease . That shouldn't matter ,should it? I didn't really over tighten them ,just snug ,and a hair more. Thanks!

I'm thinkin' that the main problem you are trying to avoid by not torquing fasteners that thread into aluminum components when said components are hot is that the possibility of pulling out threads from bolt holes in the hot aluminum is noticeably greater than when said aluminum components are cool/cold.

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