What you don't believe me? Google it - Used extensively by the military as an anti seize compound.Milk of Magnesia is a very good anti seize agent in high temperature applications.
Just thought that it was amusing since MoM is also an anti-seize compound for the human gastro system.What you don't believe me? Google it - Used extensively by the military as an anti seize compound.
Just thought that it was amusing since MoM is also an anti-seize compound for the human gastro system.
Thanks Tony.I would not use Ti bolts. The nuts have bottomed out on the stud threads and now the studs will unscrew when you unscrew the nuts. I have had good results using two (2) exhaust gaskets per exhaut port. This way you will have more crush before the nuts bottom out on the studs. Certainly replace any nuts that look bad or have corroded with quality stainless hardware .
The stainless bolts, in the same design as the Titanium, are available easily online. Most bolts of this design on my build are Titanium though.Hi Stu,
I thought these are titanium on yours…
Why use paste if putting bolts? Or you only put the paste on the bolt thread?
Can you please share the SS bolts you put and measurements…
Some ugly and bad quality bolts and nuts on the 961, I started to replace already but need more tips for the rest…
Thanks
Just measure it up, should be able to match it online easily enough. The one's in my bike were actually spares for my Kawasaki Drifter 1500. Theil stocks them specifically for the 961 though.Thanks Tony.
Where can I get the exhaust crush washer/ gasket?
That looks ’the dogs’ Stu, very nice indeed - the detail is really gonna make the bike, as it always does.Gave it a little more time. Got Bob at The-Machine-Shop, who a few of you will know, to tig the intake sections together....then I polished them up.
Thanks Stu!The stainless bolts, in the same design as the Titanium, are available easily online. Most bolts of this design on my build are Titanium though.
Due to galvanic corrosion and the possibility of the stainless galling when removing the bolts at a later date, I used a graphite paste on the threads.
Ollie Thiel or Norton Factory is where I would look first.Thanks Tony.
Where can I get the exhaust crush washer/ gasket?
Those are nice and thick 5.2mm .Not sure why this thread is on the Pictures forum, however, you need 49mm crush washers. If you can't get any let me know and I can buy some and send them to you.
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Thanks Tony.Ollie Thiel or Norton Factory is where I would look first.
Thanks a lot Clffa!Not sure why this thread is on the Pictures forum, however, you need 49mm crush washers. If you can't get any let me know and I can buy some and send them to you.
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Some on this forum have had success , and the exhaust port gaskets should be easy for Norton to get for you .Thanks Tony.
(Norton Factory is not the place to look for anything as you know...)
Cheers...yeah there's quite a lot going on tbh, the more you look the more you'll spot, well, for those that know 961sThat looks ’the dogs’ Stu, very nice indeed - the detail is really gonna make the bike, as it always does.
As good as they look, I think the added weight adds even more stress to the bracket as it’s a known problem with the plastic reservoirs.Just one of those rides today where ya could just tell things weren’t gonna go according to plan! Maybe cos there wasn’t really a plan - quick 120km impromptu blast to try and scrub the tyres in fully and test out the tech on the new lid.
Met up with my riding buddy and quickly realised that I’d charged up one Sena and brought the other! Started up the lid and got an SD Card error - I’d left the card in the back of my computer at home…… DOH! It’s an age thing of course, not a red wine the night before thing - honest!
Bollox to the high tech, I decided to concentrate on the low tech - the Commando. She ran like a dream until right at the end of the ride. I had to stop in a hurry but my front brake resevoir decided to keep on going, only saved from tumbling down the road by the brake line and a 5c clip!
Oh those (not very) ‘good vibrations’!
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