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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Pipe Flange
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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 169801" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>Erik, if there is any doubt that the flange on the pipe is exactly at 90 degrees to the pipe and that the original type of sealing washer will not seal the gap exactly it is possible to use clear silicon mastic which seems to withstand the heat. It also does not set solid so that it is always possible to remove the nut afterwards. I discovered this years ago when passengering on a racing sidecar outfit. Many sidecar racers work on a very tight budget and in the lunch break two of the chaps had their cylinder head off and were reinstalling it with the aid of domestic silicon sealer. They claimed it lasted for ages. Since then I have tried it myself, not as a cylinder head sealer. and it works. The reason I say 'clear' is that from my experience sealing hatches on sailing boats in the Med if one use clear it last for years, any silicon with a pigment in it fails after about one year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 169801, member: 456"] Erik, if there is any doubt that the flange on the pipe is exactly at 90 degrees to the pipe and that the original type of sealing washer will not seal the gap exactly it is possible to use clear silicon mastic which seems to withstand the heat. It also does not set solid so that it is always possible to remove the nut afterwards. I discovered this years ago when passengering on a racing sidecar outfit. Many sidecar racers work on a very tight budget and in the lunch break two of the chaps had their cylinder head off and were reinstalling it with the aid of domestic silicon sealer. They claimed it lasted for ages. Since then I have tried it myself, not as a cylinder head sealer. and it works. The reason I say 'clear' is that from my experience sealing hatches on sailing boats in the Med if one use clear it last for years, any silicon with a pigment in it fails after about one year. [/QUOTE]
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