EXUP Valve

[nsr500v4]

Are there any articles on lubing the EXUP valve etc on here?

[kebab19]

http://fazer1000.yuku.com/topic/1524/EXUP-Valve-Maintenance#.UiSBUX_y0nw

[nsr500v4]

Nice one Kebab!!

[Tmation]

There was a link in the thread, but worth pointing out again.


This site has an idiots guide to most things FZS Gen 1 (FZ1 in the US)


http://www.cartestsoftware.com/fz1/

[Camshaft]

Are there any articles on lubing the EXUP valve etc on here?

There is bound to be plenty of threads.
My tip is have drill bits and an M8 Tap on hand plus M8x25 High Tensile bolts X 3.
In my case the Valves M6 bolt heads sheared off ridiculously easily really pissing me off causing an M8 re-tap.
The EXUP Cover Bolts were not so much an issue, just one breaking, but 2 have sufficed in bolting that fucker back on.


Oh, copper grease on the 3 HT bolts for easy removal next service sometime down the road. Copper grease aint cheap when you have to buy a container of it needing only need a small amount.
At my local I saw a container for an expensive price so opened the lid to see what it looked like and liked the look of it so much I scooped some of it out using my index finger. Don't tell my mother
 

[Hedgetrimmer]

You can get copper grease in smaller amounts, this is just the first place I looked. I'm sure I've seen it in tubes (squeezy) too:
 
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/?searchTerm=copper+grease&cm_mmc=UK-PPC-0212-_-01_Facilities_Cleaning_and_Maintenance-_-copper_grease-_-copper_grease

[Camshaft]

I dreamt there was no copper grease, I dreamt there was no tubes of it

[Hedgetrimmer]

I dreamt there was no copper grease, I dreamt there was no tubes of it

Gen 1 thou owner's nightmare...
I woke up and seized! 

[Flyingdeuce]

Halfords have a 20g tube.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_203941_langId_-1_categoryId_165705

[nsr500v4]

I always buy it in small tubes from loads of places, halfords mainly, couiple quid and lasts forever

[jackojet]

 

[solorider]

unless it has gone up in price recently the cost of a tub of copper grease wasn't that expensive and a lot cheaper than the small tubes in the long run

[jackojet]

Tubes are great until you put them down, then forget, tred on them and leave a line of copaslip all over the floor.
You then scrape it up and put in a pot.
The tub of copalip I have must be over 20 years old, no mess no fuss

[Hedgetrimmer]

Tubes are great until you put them down, then forget, tred on them and leave a line of copaslip all over the floor.
You then scrape it up and put in a pot.

Have you tried not doing that? 

[VNA - BMW Wank]

A tub like this will probably last you a decade or two.  Just over 6 quid, what are youse moanin aboot.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Comma-CE500G-500g-Copper-Ease/dp/B003BPNOFO

And it's ease, not grease, or at least it should be.  Be careful where you stick it.

And while you are buying tubs of stuff, if you haven't already get a tub of this to sit next to it on yer garage/shed shelf,

 http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Product.do?method=view&n=2079&p=425233&c=215&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Base&utm_campaign=Grease&gclid=CKKAi_6fubkCFSTKtAodxQUAJg Good to see the Castrol stuff available again.  (no don't put that on yer EXUP)

[ChristoT]

Be careful where you stick it.

I get into trouble all the time with Exup because of that... 

[Hedgetrimmer]

Anyway, it's tubes of Autosol you're supposed to step on and get everywhere, everyone knows that.

[jackojet]

Anyway, it's tubes of Autosol you're supposed to step on and get everywhere, everyone knows that.

Yep done it with autosol aswell

[Hedgetrimmer]

Anyway, it's tubes of Autosol you're supposed to step on and get everywhere, everyone knows that.

Yep done it with autosol aswell

I'd have to check, but I think it might even be in the instructions!
Something like, "apply with a soft cloth, work in well, become totally absorbed in getting that shine, step back to admire, tread on open tube you put down just behind you".