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Ariel Badger
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PostPosted: 22:59 - 16 Feb 2016    Post subject: what did i do wrong? Reply with quote
I had to take the exhaust manifold off a Bultaco Sherpa 350 today. It was held on by nuts on four 5mm studs. I used the correct sized socket and applied steady pressure and undid all four nuts without snapping off a stud, rounding a nut or pulling a thread out of the head. Is this a first?
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PostPosted: 23:09 - 16 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Itchy wrote:
You've cursed yourself now...

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I am not happy with the oil I drained from the gearbox, very little of it and it seems to be contaminated with .....Gearbox.
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PostPosted: 23:55 - 16 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ariel Badger wrote:
Itchy wrote:
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I am not happy with the oil I drained from the gearbox, very little of it and it seems to be contaminated with .....Gearbox.


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PostPosted: 16:26 - 17 Feb 2016    Post subject: Re: what did i do wrong? Reply with quote
Ariel Badger wrote:
I had to take the exhaust manifold off a Bultaco Sherpa 350 today. It was held on by nuts on four 5mm studs. I used the correct sized socket and applied steady pressure and undid all four nuts without snapping off a stud, rounding a nut or pulling a thread out of the head. Is this a first?


Should have used a cheap shifter, that would have rounded the nuts off nicely.
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PostPosted: 23:39 - 17 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rusty as an old horse shoe, I fully expected them to give me grief and I was at the edge of applying pressure before I went plan B when they yealded. I will of course clean up the threads, use new nuts and apply copper grease when I rebuild.
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PostPosted: 09:03 - 18 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Does Sir prefer his nuts brassed?
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Ariel Badger wrote:
Rusty as an old horse shoe, I fully expected them to give me grief and I was at the edge of applying pressure before I went plan B when they yealded. I will of course clean up the threads, use new nuts and apply copper grease when I rebuild.


I remember trying to take the exhaust off of my GS500. After much struggling, my dad and I looked at each other and said that it shouldn't be so difficult.

We took an alan key to the bolts for the exhaust on his garage-bound XS750 that hasn't been started for at least 15 years. They moved effortlessly!
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PostPosted: 18:13 - 18 Feb 2016    Post subject: Re: what did i do wrong? Reply with quote
Ariel Badger wrote:
I had to take the exhaust manifold off a Bultaco Sherpa 350 today. It was held on by nuts on four 5mm studs. I used the correct sized socket and applied steady pressure and undid all four nuts without snapping off a stud, rounding a nut or pulling a thread out of the head. Is this a first?


Both my 250 Sherpa and my 250 Pursang gave me no issues in that department, so much so that it didn`t even occur to me that it should of been a possible problem.
Could it be to do with all that two-stroke oil around these areas?
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PostPosted: 19:34 - 18 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:
Does Sir prefer his nuts brassed?


yes, so long as they are nicely buffed.
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PostPosted: 19:49 - 18 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:
Does Sir prefer his nuts brassed?


Slightly on topic: I've seen yourself and others mention the brass nut alternative a few times.
With brass being softer than the original metal, would that also mean that any torque settings would also need to be reduced in kind?
(Yes I am too Gorilla handed to operate sans Torque Wrench)
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PostPosted: 20:59 - 18 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
No as the real load is on the stud not the nut.
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