09-03-17, 07:16 PM
(09-03-17, 03:24 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: [quote author=darrsi link=topic=22032.msg254947#msg254947 date=1489067446]
[quote author=fazersharp link=topic=22032.msg254937#msg254937 date=1489062112]
I have never heard of someone rounding the header stud nuts whilst doing them up ! only ever whilst trying to get seized ones off.
Sorry to ask an embarasing question but - are you turning them the wrong way?
Also has anyone else had a gasket fail ? Just wondering if a past owner has snapped a stud and refitted an exhaust but only used one side of the bracket holding the exhaust in, do you have 8 nuts
Is it an aftermarket exhaust.
The gaskets are the crush type. Overtightening the bolts a few times can flatten them out which could result in a leak.
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I see, which would meant that either the headers have been off to fit new ones and the cheap skate last owner used the old gaskets or they have been off for a repair and the last owner did not know that best practice would be to replace the gaskets
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Or like when i bought my bike and the headers were blowing, and the previous owner had put the new gaskets on top of the old ones.
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