My question is for any of you all that have slip-on chambers on your bike. The Jemco's I have now are awesome, not getting rid of them, but they are the slip-on type held on to the collar (which is screwed into the cylinder head) by a big spring. The issue is that I get a small drop or two of oil being pushed out where the chamber slips over the collar, and it inevitably makes it onto my pants while I'm riding. (ruined two pairs already)
Maybe there's a trick to mounting these pipes better that I don't know about.
Anyone come up with a solution for this? Somehow still maintaining the ease of a slip-on chamber but sealing up that joint a little better...
Easy fix. Make sure you're using the original exhaust gaskets and use high temperature atv silicone sold at automotive stores to fill in around the cracks of the colar that is bolted on. The gray colored Mr. Gasket works nice as it's more appealing and dries very hard. Its important to allow it to dry for 24 hours before starting the bike. If your sure to fill all cracks it will never leak another drop of oil.
pearljam724 wrote:Easy fix. Make sure you're using the original exhaust gaskets and use high temperature atv silicone sold at automotive stores to fill in around the cracks of the colar that is bolted on. The gray colored Mr. Gasket works nice as it's more appealing and dries very hard. Its important to allow it to dry for 24 hours before starting the bike. If your sure to fill all cracks it will never leak another drop of oil.
I'll give it a shot thanks! I know there has to be some degree of flexibility in there, I'll give it a shot.
I have an aversion to anything that's hard setting. Sounds too much like a commitment.
What I do on Jemcos and similar is to wipe a smear of high temp permatex around the part you can get to and let it dry for at least 10 minutes. That works on drag racers and TZ road racers as well as on street bikes.
Hi, I've just put a set of Higgspeed chambers on my GT380 and Dave at Higgspeed told me to use ordinary household clear silicone as it will take the high temperatures no problem. All seems to be fine so far, 1000 miles and no unsightly oil leaks from any of the joints.
Hope this helps.
