exhaust blowing at headers.....

[demic77]

give you a tip for removing header bolts.............      spent two weeks every day while riding and warm............ used a can of wd40 while engine is hot on bolts clean area all round bolt for wd40 to get into the thread also used at same time a freezing spray on the nut its self to shrink it a bit then wd40 again do this two times a day for two weeks then they come straight off remember to undo them when engine is hot just be carefull not to hurt burn yahself

This.

I used some stuff called Q10 (plusgas is also recommended) rather than WD-40 though, Q oils have specific sprays listed for different jobs as well as a multipurpose spray. A bloke I know recommended Q10; he's a Land-Rover enthusiast and well used to dealing with rusted fasteners, he swears by the stuff having undone rusted shitty nuts and bolts from underneath a 30 year old off road waggon. I gave the bike a right good soaking pre and post ride for a good fortnight before attempting it and the nuts came off a treat. I used hex rather than star sockets, the inner cylinder nuts took a little persuasion to get the socket on the nuts properly due to corrosion from spray (no fender extender on my bike YET) but they came off no bother. It may be luck of the draw or a lottery but your best chance of winning is to prepare beforehand. If you do similar and even if your studs snap, you can rest assured you couldn't have done any more to avoid it. Cleaned the studs off with wire wool and reassembled with new stainless dome nuts and coppaslip.


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