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Old Mar 23, 2017 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ricktherocket
How did you know they were the wrong gaskets if the rocker boxes are still on?
What were the part numbers on the gasket kit??
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I called S&S and talked to them and gave them the part number.. well I had two sets of gaskets 50 50 shot and I thought wrong..
 
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Originally Posted by jefla
Pipe caught my eye, too. Really nice bends and collector. Please share pics when it's done.
will do .. next weekend tip is still a week out .. I am going to wrap them and I am in the middle of cutting some crome down to fit over the collector..
 
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Originally Posted by OpposedOdie

OK the bolts are not plugged.. now the question i have is the vent grove on the tc96 head and the S&S head are different, do i need to look there..


With these heads you also need to enlarge the through holes in the breather bolts with a 9/64" drill bit too.




Gasket kit needed is #90-4120
 
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Originally Posted by ricktherocket
With these heads you also need to enlarge the through holes in the breather bolts with a 9/64" drill bit too.




Gasket kit needed is #90-4120
that's the other kit I have...
 
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Originally Posted by OpposedOdie
that's the other kit I have...

https://youtu.be/l-xycEwPHnY
 
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Originally Posted by OpposedOdie
that's the other kit I have...




That is the kit you need with the 89cc heads, #90-4120.
 

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Originally Posted by liquidr1
are you sure you got the lower rocker gaskets pointing in the correct direction. the gaskets have a cutout for the breather path on those heads. if they are upside down they wont line up.


That would spit oil out.
 
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