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After several hours of beach riding and the header pipe never cleaned since new i thought i try and tart it up abit. Started with 400 wet n dry then 600 wet n dry sand paper. metal polish helps it even more. This header will come of every 6--12 months now to give it a touch up. That way it may also help to keep header pipe nuts free and not Seezd. 



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After several hours of beach riding and the header pipe never cleaned since new i thought i try and tart it up abit. Started with 400 wet n dry then 600 wet n dry sand paper. metal polish helps it even more. This header will come of every 6--12 months now to give it a touch up. That way it may also help to keep header pipe nuts free and not Seezd. 

 Greetings All, been a while since I've been around, so Hi all !

Well Markovan, Shiny, I cleaned up mine recently but I only used Gumption and a green pot scourer, came up well though, not as shiny but it kept the BLUED look

I agree about removing the pipe regularly to keep the studs clear, A bit of  a polish on the threads works well. 

 



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Hello :)
Good job, it looks nice too.

Btw I need to ask the correct procedure to remove the header.
I had much difficulty since to remove it I had to slide and scrath the frame.

Is there a correct way to remove it?

thanks

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Henry wrote:

Hello :)
Good job, it looks nice too.

Btw I need to ask the correct procedure to remove the header.
I had much difficulty since to remove it I had to slide and scrath the frame.

Is there a correct way to remove it?

thanks


Did you remove the muffler first ?

If not that would explain it, the header should just slip straight out without any difficulty

Try again without the muffler

Cheer
BMSteve



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There was a lively discussion about this back along - see http://ttr250.activeboard.com/t55916879/header-pipe-removal/ wink

Some differences of opinion on the topic biggrin

Brian



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That old chestnut ..I had mine off today and the only thing I removed was the nuts from the studs and the rear clamp! Oh and side panel.

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That old chestnut ..I had mine off today and the only thing I removed was the nuts from the studs and the rear clamp! Oh and side panel.


 How Weird, mine was very straight forward as well, 2 nuts and 1 clamp, and yeah, 1 bolt for the side panel



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Steve, I didnt try that hehe.
But soon will, thanks and sorry for the late reply ;)

br Henry


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