| Author | Message | ||
     Stooraisme |
Hell Everyone... This is my first post to the forum so please forgive me if this has been covered before. I recently broke off one of the exhaust studs from my cylinder head. Before doing any reading I decided to go after the broken stud with a drill and EZ Out... as I later read, this is a very bad idea. I did break off the EZ Out inside the drilled stud and as a result have now taken the head off the jug and had it machined at a local shop. The machinist was able to fix by installing a helicoil and I should be back in business soon. I am the third owner of the bike and and beside needing to get the exhaust stud drilled out, I seemed to have a leak at the rocker box gasket as well as the base gasket where the jug meets the crank case. basically I have it taken apart down to the crank case and am now in the marked for new gaskets all the way back up. I am having trouble however locating a "top end gasket kit" for the Blast. Does anyone out there know what the part number for the full top end gasket kit would be.... or maybe if I should be looking at a Harley kit? In the event I need to look for each gasket separately, part numbers for those would be great as also. Any advice you might be able to offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! | ||
| Ezblast |
Hit up American Sport Bike for your needs. EZ | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
XB9 top end kit and Sportster kits are the same. Pre 2007. Its much cheaper to buy a kit, even if it contains way more parts than you'll need! | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
PS Welcome! For some reason I've had a bad time getting on Badweb today, sorry for the late response. | ||
| Ezblast |
A lot of traffic - it's been slow. EZ | ||
| Stooraisme |
Thanks for the info. I checked it out and navigated to the motor drive train section for the blast. This may be a dumb question but are the blast and XB compatible with regard to motor parts...specifically gaskets. I realize that the xb is a V-Twin but the gasket kits in the Blast section reference the XB.....am I on the right track? Thanks again! | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
As far as the top end, yes, interchangeable. Many others also as well as some parts. Many XB parts are upgrades, but not exactly a direct replacement. | ||
| Stooraisme |
Thanks Gearheaderico.... that is good to know. Ill get the gaskets ordered and see if I can get this thing put back together. I appreciate the help! |
