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by gaz_link
Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:24 pm
Forum: FZR1000
Topic: Exup valve seized
Replies: 9
Views: 7532

Re: Exup valve seized

I can't find that nuclear stuff.. Stig if you'd like to put it in 100g pots and sell it on ebay that'd be lovely.. :)
by gaz_link
Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:22 pm
Forum: FZR1000
Topic: Exup valve seized
Replies: 9
Views: 7532

Re: Exup valve seized

What about Moly grease as the haynes manual says.. ? I was thinking this stuff: http://www.wilcodirect.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3373 or this: http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_categoryId_165705_productId_246319_langId_-1...
by gaz_link
Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:59 pm
Forum: FZR1000
Topic: Exup valve seized
Replies: 9
Views: 7532

Re: Exup valve seized

Got the bugger unstuck.. after heat gunning and WD40 as a quencher.. . I had to screw a large piece of wood to the outer plate, put the valve in a vice, and kept turning. Took about 20 mins.. bent the valve, but its now straight. Ive had a look for that lube. It seems to be nuclear priced as well as...
by gaz_link
Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:56 am
Forum: FZR1000
Topic: Exup valve seized
Replies: 9
Views: 7532

Re: Exup valve seized

Hi Stig, many thanks for the reply, Ill keep giving it a go with the WD40 and vice as you suggested. I think its been seized for a while, so it may take some time. Once (if) I get it unstuck Ill get some of that lube too. Would you think soaking it in a rust dissolver like Jenolite would do it any g...
by gaz_link
Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:05 pm
Forum: FZR1000
Topic: Exup valve seized
Replies: 9
Views: 7532

Exup valve seized

Hi Everyone, just bought a 1990 Exup yesterday, my first litre bike :) .. however the exup valve is stuck in the closed position. It pulls well up to 4-5 k then really struggles. Beyond 8 k its gets a little better and goes on to 11 k. I have managed after much WD40 to get the valve out, but the val...