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Old Nov 15, 2016 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker
No magic fix sorry and if you run it sooner or later it will blow the gasket completely out and possibly damage the head surface doing it. I've seen grooves cut into heads from running blown head gaskets.
Probably burn exhaust valves as well......
 
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Old Nov 15, 2016 | 12:46 PM
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H-D gaskets are made from the same thing as McNuggets. That's why they chirp.
The aftermarket has made a fortune off of H-D's decision to be cut corners.
+2 on the Cometic gaskets.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2016 | 01:18 AM
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Ok, I tore into it today, got everything off except the head, it was actually allot easier than I thought it would be
 
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Old Nov 16, 2016 | 03:18 AM
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Way to go Rebelwade91, you hang in there, and you will get it done. You will wind up with a fixed bike, a good education, and you will loose the fear of trying.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2016 | 11:34 AM
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Way to go Rebelwade91, you hang in there, and you will get it done. You will wind up with a fixed bike, a good education, and you will loose the fear of trying.
that's really the biggest issue is the fear ****ing **** up lol
 
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Old Nov 16, 2016 | 05:53 PM
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If you're not sure if you can do it, that's a pretty decent sized task for the uninitiated.
I would take it to a pro, especially since it's your only transpo.
 
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get yourself a repair manual will be the best thing and read -- read --read
 
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Old Nov 16, 2016 | 07:14 PM
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If you're not sure if you can do it, that's a pretty decent sized task for the uninitiated.
I would take it to a pro, especially since it's your only transpo.
well yea if I had $1000 laying around maybe I would...
 
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Originally Posted by Rebelwade91
Ok, I tore into it today, got everything off except the head, it was actually allot easier than I thought it would be
That has been my experience about everything I've done to my bike.

Harleys are actually a pretty simple design and when all's said and done they just aren't near as hard as you think they're gonna be the first time you do it.

The first time I took the heads off my bike it took a while to build up the courage.

A couple years later a friend and I did a top end gasket job on his '85 super glide in 4 hours.
Granted I trailered his bike to my house so that I didn't have to wait for it to cool off.
 
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I changed a shovel head gasket in a Mcdonald's parking lot on a road trip, gets you over fear of the little things pretty quick.
 
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