Re: Rubbers?

On 26 Aug 2005 11:11:05 -0700, "dsc" <Dudley.Cornman@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>Murray wrote:
>> Trying to seal the area between cylinder head and pipe. On a KTM 300
>> its a male head to a female pipe with no o-ring. It's always a spooge
>> leak at this connection and I would like to cut a small section of
>> bicycle inner tube and fit it in there to stop the spooge and rattle.
>> I know other bikes have an o-ring seal and they don't seem to melt or
>> burn away so I guess I was just wondering if all rubbers are created
>> equal and this will work, or will it just stink up the situation?
>>
>> I have tried the high temp silicone before but it came loose and
>> plugged the spark arrestor, It didn't isolate the two surface's enough
>> to stop the rattle noise either. I'll try it again if the rubber is
>> not feasible but looking for other ideas if you guy's have any.
>>
>> Murray
>
>Aren't there some later models that do have better seals (o-rings)...
>and can't you simply change the manifold to the newer style?

Even the newer 300's have this setup IIRC, the 200's have a better
setup with the o-ring. Even if the I could change the manifold I would
have to change the pipe as well. That's not going to happen. I can
live with a little spooge if it's going to save me $200 bucks.

Cheap Skate.
>
>My 98 is a loose fit at best? If you leave it on there long enough it
>sort of seals with carbonized spooge though. :)

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