Harley Davidson Exhaust Leak
Watch some how to videos on swapping Harley exhausts and see if you feel you for it.
Harley davidson exhaust leak. The best way to tell is with some sort of fogger or smoke if u are worried about it being at the muffler header connectionand u will know if u have a leak at the headerhead connection cuz u will have a tick sound. Looks like I will be taking a trip to the Lowes for a few nuts. On one side I feel a tiny bit of exhaust gas leaking through the clamp.
Exhaust gaskets really arent a problem as far as blowing them out doing this unless they were defective or broken to begin with. The crush gasket is made to mold to the surface of the exhaust pipe and cylinder headThe gasket is deformed as it is squeezed between the pipe and engine port. You will see swirl if there is a leak.
This article will give you tips on how to replace them. The exhaust didnt sound right to me today when I was pulling back into the garage I noticed my leg was really hot looked down and this is what I found. The Twin Cam 96Ci is a high-powered engine produced by Harley-Davidson Motorcycles.
To detect leaks around exhaust joints light up a cigarette of Cigar and waft smoke around the joints with the engine running. So it turns out I had two problems - exhaust leak and pipe slipping off. Generally speaking it may be caused by a an exhaust manifold leak.
The two most common leaks on a modern Harley are the exhaust gaskets and rocker box gaskets. Sent from my iPad using MO Free. So I was riding last night and noticed my bike sounded a little off.
Luckily I had a spare rubber mount but since the old bolt was kaput as well I had to find a new one. There is a solution to Shovelhead exhaust. With a hot motor use a smoke source like a cigar or incense and move it around each flange and see if the smoke is disturbed.