Hi I am Pops and I have a problem.
I am becoming an Airhead.
I have studied the bibles - both the factory and the Clymer versions.
I have listened to the preachers here in the forum.
I still made the conversion and I acquired a 1976 R75/7 which has been sitting for a dozen years. My son and I have taken on the resurrection of this fine Bavarian Beast to bring it back to its former glory as a project this year. The plan is to strip it down to the frame and start with a paint job/ bearing replacement and move forward.
Here is where we have run into what I figure will be the first of many hurdles. The exhaust nuts were frozen on and after trying Kroil for a few days and heat and the exhaust nut tool it became apparent that they were not going to cooperate. Have read much about this problem I cut them off - one quick zip with a hacksaw and a couple of sharp smacks with a cold chisel and both came off clean an the threads are in great shape.
What has us scratching our heads is that the pipes will not come out of the heads.
I have tried Kroil, heat, large deadblow hammer (gently) and cannot move the pipes.
It almost looks like the PO had sealed them with muffler epoxy (?) or they are an extremely tight fit. I cannot find any info on this and the manuals say nothing about it being so tight. Anyone have ideas or suggestions as to how hard I can push(hit) or twist these to get them out? Here is where we found it buried - with all the paperwork up until it was parked in 1999.
Thanks for any ideas.
I am becoming an Airhead.
I have studied the bibles - both the factory and the Clymer versions.
I have listened to the preachers here in the forum.
I still made the conversion and I acquired a 1976 R75/7 which has been sitting for a dozen years. My son and I have taken on the resurrection of this fine Bavarian Beast to bring it back to its former glory as a project this year. The plan is to strip it down to the frame and start with a paint job/ bearing replacement and move forward.
Here is where we have run into what I figure will be the first of many hurdles. The exhaust nuts were frozen on and after trying Kroil for a few days and heat and the exhaust nut tool it became apparent that they were not going to cooperate. Have read much about this problem I cut them off - one quick zip with a hacksaw and a couple of sharp smacks with a cold chisel and both came off clean an the threads are in great shape.
What has us scratching our heads is that the pipes will not come out of the heads.
I have tried Kroil, heat, large deadblow hammer (gently) and cannot move the pipes.
It almost looks like the PO had sealed them with muffler epoxy (?) or they are an extremely tight fit. I cannot find any info on this and the manuals say nothing about it being so tight. Anyone have ideas or suggestions as to how hard I can push(hit) or twist these to get them out? Here is where we found it buried - with all the paperwork up until it was parked in 1999.
Thanks for any ideas.