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Offline Joe

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leaky valve cover question.
« on: August 03, 2009, 06:55:30 PM »
After rubbing a small amount of oil onto both sides of my valve cover, and torquing criss cross from the middle out, I still have a couple small leak areas :(

Is it a bad idea to heat the bike up a bit before re torquing the bolts??
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Offline Bill/BentON Racing

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Re: leaky valve cover question.
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2009, 10:00:59 PM »
You should torque it cold,alum soft metal,cold all same temps,little warm not the same,Bill,Can you say helicoil?
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