03-10-24, 09:49 AM
There are a lot of posts on here if you search "studs"
Just looked back to check when I last took my nuts off and it was 2015
seems like a couple of years ago, maybe I should re-do the copper slip again.
Here is my post from 2015. I was lucky but I do not ride in the wet which must be a big factor. But the bike had done 3 winters before I brought it. Its 26 years old now. I still have the origional down pipes on - all be it with some putty repair in the collector for pin holes
I soaked mine in a product called kroil i used a small syringe and blunt needle to get right in and behind the clamp, did it after a ride when it was warm/hot and did it for 4 months.
Yes like you I have no reason to do it yet but my downpipes wont last forever and I will have to do it one day, and the longer its left the worse it will be.
I wasnt actually going to try and take them off - just routinely soak them but I couldnt resist the urge any longer and had a go, and SUCCESS ! they came off all ok.
I did it with the engine hot and with a 1/4 inch socket set I think the key is to not use anything bigger so not to be able to use too much force, you will need a 3 inch extension bar for one of the nuts.
Copper slipped and put the same nuts back on, I dont think you need to redo it every year though, maybe i was lucky because I dont do wet riding in the 14 years i have had the bike and so they weren't that bad.
But it is a weight off my shoulders knowing that I do not have that time bomb ticking away.
I think along with checking the front sprocket nut, this should be one of the things to check when buying another fazer.
Just looked back to check when I last took my nuts off and it was 2015
seems like a couple of years ago, maybe I should re-do the copper slip again.Here is my post from 2015. I was lucky but I do not ride in the wet which must be a big factor. But the bike had done 3 winters before I brought it. Its 26 years old now. I still have the origional down pipes on - all be it with some putty repair in the collector for pin holes
I soaked mine in a product called kroil i used a small syringe and blunt needle to get right in and behind the clamp, did it after a ride when it was warm/hot and did it for 4 months.
Yes like you I have no reason to do it yet but my downpipes wont last forever and I will have to do it one day, and the longer its left the worse it will be.
I wasnt actually going to try and take them off - just routinely soak them but I couldnt resist the urge any longer and had a go, and SUCCESS ! they came off all ok.
I did it with the engine hot and with a 1/4 inch socket set I think the key is to not use anything bigger so not to be able to use too much force, you will need a 3 inch extension bar for one of the nuts.
Copper slipped and put the same nuts back on, I dont think you need to redo it every year though, maybe i was lucky because I dont do wet riding in the 14 years i have had the bike and so they weren't that bad.
But it is a weight off my shoulders knowing that I do not have that time bomb ticking away.
I think along with checking the front sprocket nut, this should be one of the things to check when buying another fazer.
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.