| Author | Message | ||
     Garlic_sauce |
I'll try Amazon, thanks | ||
| Jugallo94 |
I got my in/lb torque wrench at harbor freight. | ||
| Sycho |
Oops!, my bad. Mine is a foot lbs. torque wrench. | ||
| Blasters_on_stun |
Somebody help. Just bought a Vance and Hines exhaust for my 2006. Was attempting to put it on today and ended up snapping the lower bolt that attaches the header pipe to the head. There is still about 1/4 inch of bolt sticking out of the head too. Can this be unscrewed possibly? Anybody have any advice on how to fix this? Is it cheap? Is it only servicable at a dealer? Sorry to sound all noob, but its what I am. Figures id mess up the fist mod I try to do. Thanks for any and all help. | ||
| Jd110033 |
wow its been a while since ive been on here. missed a lot. stun, if i remember correctly the bolt does come out. just got to torque it out. now dont quote me on that. i got to look at the book again. please someone correct me if im wrong. so i finally ordered my rear sets tonight. should be here either this week or next. cant wait. and im moving to a place where i can ride year round with out thermals. lol Ft. Lauderdale. cant wait for that either. hows everyone been doing? | ||
| Blasters_on_stun |
So, if it can be torqued out, which direction should it spin, clock or counter? Has anyone else ever had this happen and have any recommendations on get this thing out? Btw, thanks Jd. | ||
| Jd110033 |
no problem. i think it comes out counter. like i said, dont quote me on it. lol im sure EZ or someone would know more then me. i think i remember there is a post bout it somewhere in the infinite smorgasbord of knowledge. before committing to torquing it out i would wait for a reply from someone else... | ||
| Rainman |
Hang on BoS....lots of folks have done that and the guys with all the knowledge will be right with you! Sorry, I'm too chicken to try anything other than basic adjustments and maintenance which are easy on the P3 | ||
| Garlic_sauce |
Stun, make sure you buy some PB blaster first and spray the stud every hour for a whole day. Try and get it out the next day, my studs were really stuck and I just kept spraying them and they came out. Don't worry about the noob thing, I have SNAPPED more bolts than I have successfully screwed in! Including snapping a grade 8 bolt off in my transmission case when I was working on my rearsets.  | ||
| Andychang |
what's the temperature/weather like for everyone? dipped into the high 40's here yesterday, won't get above 63 for the next few days or so with the lows in the upper 40's/high 50's. perrrrrrfect riding weather, if you ask me. | ||
| Jd110033 |
so i was right? woo hoo. i actually knew something  today is clear skys and mid/high 70 and its going to b mid/high 50s tonight. and i have a nice 3-3.5 hour ride ahead of me tonight. going to love it. | ||
| Rainman |
Weather's great for riding, but I'm riding out a category 3 sinus infection. Boooo (snort, gaggle, sniff.) | ||
| Blasters_on_stun |
So just PB Blaster the heck out of it for a day, toss some vice grips on it and hopefully it'll spin huh? Exactly the fix I was hoping for. Very cool. Thanks for the help all. | ||
| Chiznoca |
Just upgraded to a V&H exhaust for my 03 Blast... Sounds Big!! It runs a lil' choppy, any other adjustments I should make to get it to run smoother? She studders quite a bit while riding. My guess is that she's not breathin' right... I get a lot of poppin on decceleration. (Message edited by chiznoca on September 29, 2009) (Message edited by chiznoca on September 29, 2009) | ||
| Garlic_sauce |
Stun, just go easy on the studs at first. You got lucky with the 1/4" exposed, if they still seem super tight just keep sprayin... You'll get em out. | ||
| Andychang |
popping = too lean. did you go up in jet sizing along with the exhaust install? | ||
| Andychang |
admins, is there a problem with profile picture uploading? when i select a new picture via "browse" and hit "save changes," the same picture as before just pops up (even if i hit refresh). tried deleting the picture associated with profile (which worked), then reloading a new pictures again. same issue. tried clearing history, cache, etc. with no avail. thanks in advance. | ||
| Chiznoca |
Thanks Andy.. No I didn't re-jet... I'm not exactly sure how to do that. I see that V&H also sells re-jet kits. Do I need any special tools or should I just order the re-jet kit? | ||
| Andychang |
a more senior member could answer the question better. the jet kit is what, like 80 bucks? when i swapped exhausts, i just had the mechanic put larger primary jet on there, going to a final of 45/170. not sure about tool since i'm fairly illiterate. if you go into the knowledge vault, there's tons of info on carbs. i think it's maybe 6 dollars for a new jet. the kit that you're ordering has the larger jet(s) in there as well as various washers that you would use to shim the carb needle. this gets rid of the hesitation between throttle and response. i think the senior members here use a couple of #4 washers sanded down for a total of .050in or so. alternatively, you could have your mechanic drill the slide. this part is optional, though beneficial. rejetting in your case, however, would be mandatory. | ||
| Garlic_sauce |
You can get the jets from any harley place, I think I paid $12 total for them. I got the number 4 washers at lowes in a specialty drawer. | ||
| Chiznoca |
Awesome info...thanks fellas. I hope i'm still ok to ride it until I re-jet. I've been ridin even with the studdering and poppin'... was tryin to take advantage of the nice weather. | ||
| Andychang |
the good news of riding too lean is that you'll get better mileage. the bad news is that if you ride too much like that you'll do catastrophic damage to your engine by way of overstressing/overheating your combustion chamber. (from the knowledge vault) | ||
| Chiznoca |
Point taken! | ||
| Milt |
i had a hard time finding #4 washers, even at my independently owned hardware store. I finally got some at a hobby store that sells radio controlled model planes. | ||
| Ezblast |
Exactly! EZ | ||
| Garlic_sauce |
I ordered a torque wrench off amazon, thanks guys. | ||
| Slyone |
I haven't been able to upgrade the exhaust but I did do the "drill a hole in the stock" mod. I figured that I would wait to re-jet and add the hi-flow V&H air filter until I get the exhaust. What do you guys think? BTW I still haven't re-torqued my fork tree yet, I did look around in the vault but didn't find anything on the procedure. Sly. | ||
| Ezblast |
Further up are the given torque values - reread this section. You missed it. Upper triple clamp: 13-16 ft/lbs Lower triple clamp (below light): 22-29 ft/lbs By Milt - EZ (Message edited by ezblast on September 30, 2009) | ||
| Slyone |
Hey EZ! Yeah I got that part, but I am unsure about the procedure of loosining them. Do I: 1. Loosen the upper and lower triple clamps on the right side. 2. Then loosen the upper and lower on the left side 3. Re-torque in reverse order. Would that be the procedure? Thanks Sly | ||
| Ezblast |
Loosen and re-torque one side at a time. EZ |
