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Pikeben08
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 12:21 pm: |
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I had some oil drip out of my forcewinder onto my header (it's stock) and now it is baked on. I already tried some wax remover/degreaser (which I think is just orange spray) with no effect. Any ideas? |
Fahren
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 12:28 pm: |
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You might end up with polished headers: start with a brillo/sos pad. Otherwise, to keep from using an abrasive (i.e., not ending up polishing the headers), just keep at it with Dawn or some other grease-cutting dish soap, and/or citrus de-greaser. Persist. Can't think of any other options. |
Buellhusker
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 12:30 pm: |
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Use Easy Off oven cleaner to take off baked on oil from the headers. But be very careful on where you spray it. |
Buellistic
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 01:11 pm: |
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Run the BREATHER HOSE into a CATCH CONTAINER !!! |
Two_seasons
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 01:39 pm: |
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Got the same problem on my '99. Carry a sheet or two of paper towel in your jacket pocket and mop up the underside of the sock/filter once you're stopped at your destination. Of course the best approach is a catch can. And American Sport Bike sells them. |
Pikeben08
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 04:40 pm: |
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"Run the BREATHER HOSE into a CATCH CONTAINER !!!" That's the plan. I have a few other things that I would like to change as well, but I was going to wait for winter. As far as polishing the headers, aren't they just steel tubing that would rust instantly if I polished them? |
Pikeben08
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 09:16 pm: |
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Fixed! Ended up using a plastic SOS pad thing and minimal elbow grease. |
Natexlh1000
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 11:25 pm: |
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Yeah a scotch-brite will do a pretty good job. I draped my old riding jacket on my bike some years back and melted the sleeve right on the pipe. Took forever to burn off but it did. Scotchbrite removed the patina that was left. |
K12pilot
| Posted on Friday, August 10, 2012 - 03:08 pm: |
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Por 15 paint system has a cleaner called marine clean. Works great for lots of cleaning. Check it out Ride safe |