Pushrodtube guard
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Re: Pushrodtube guard
it's there to protect the thin tubes from stones from the wheel, a punctured tube can drop your oil very quickly and cause major engine failure.
If the lower bolts are still in place I found that some thick copper wire (10mm earth) wrapped round the flapping guard and rocker cover worked fine till I had to work on the exhaust studs and sort the fixings, but it's a crap design using the exhaust studs to attach, why they didn't drill and tap the head and fix them there I do not know, probably some good engineering reason I guess.
If the lower bolts are still in place I found that some thick copper wire (10mm earth) wrapped round the flapping guard and rocker cover worked fine till I had to work on the exhaust studs and sort the fixings, but it's a crap design using the exhaust studs to attach, why they didn't drill and tap the head and fix them there I do not know, probably some good engineering reason I guess.
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Re: Pushrodtube guard
putney wrote:Are these vital,one of mines about to fall off!!
stick a big rock under it
jed