HD exhaust gaskets?
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HD exhaust gaskets?
Have a 2003 Road Glide, and am trying to replace the exhaust system. This is the first time putting pipes on a bike, and it is not as simple as you would think!
The old Vance Hinds Propipe came off without a hitch. The new Hooker Duals came with some exhaust gaskets that are extremely fragile, and took me less than 5 minutes to ruin both of them! The old pipes did not have a gasket that I could see, and they sealed fine.
I looked in the HD manual, and sure enough it shows a gasket. No instructions other than "Insert gasket into head with tapered side out". The gasket does not stay in the head, and it gets crushed upon just pushing it onto the head.
Has anyone had to mess with these gaskets?
Greg
The old Vance Hinds Propipe came off without a hitch. The new Hooker Duals came with some exhaust gaskets that are extremely fragile, and took me less than 5 minutes to ruin both of them! The old pipes did not have a gasket that I could see, and they sealed fine.
I looked in the HD manual, and sure enough it shows a gasket. No instructions other than "Insert gasket into head with tapered side out". The gasket does not stay in the head, and it gets crushed upon just pushing it onto the head.
Has anyone had to mess with these gaskets?
Greg
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you say there wasn't an gaskets before, look again, mine looked like that, but i took a small screwdiver and poked around a little and noticed that i could pull a littlle mesh away, looked like part of the head...
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RE: HD exhaust gaskets?
Ask your HD dealer for the screaming eagle exhaust gaskets. They are made different and it is what most harley techs recommend over the stock style because they don't flair out on the inside of the pipe reduceing exhaustgas flow when you tighten them down. They are also a hell of a lot easier to install.
They are the same style gaskets that come with the rinehart true duals.
They are the same style gaskets that come with the rinehart true duals.
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When I put my short shots on when I took off the stock pipes it looked like there was no gasket but when I shined a flash light into the port I could seethe edge of the stock gaskets edge hanging over into the bore. I was able to grap the edge with my finger nail and pry them out. Then I replacedwith SE gaskets from Stealer and verything sealed up good.
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RE: HD exhaust gaskets?
Sure enough! I picked around the exhaust port, and there was a mesh gasket stuck in there! Looks just like the 2 I trashed! LOL! I have SE heads, and will look into getting SE gaskets.
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I think they run about $8.00 at the dealer. At least you did not mess up a high dollar part.
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