b-pipe install questions

[Waternut]

Alright I'll submit and agree that I'm an idiot but how the heck do you install a B-pipe in a SN? I know how all the hoses hook up but I can't physically install it. When I pulled it, I remember fighting with it for a while.

It just seems like I can't install the chamber with the waterbox and engine in place but if I remove the waterbox I can't hook it up. If I remove the engine, the chamber goes in but then I can't connect the chamber to the head pipe. If I install the head pipe on the chamber, I can't get the engine back in. It's like the little ship in the glass bottle...It has plenty of room in there but no way to actually get it in there.

 

[tbaer]

i hooked the chamber up to the water box then bolted the head pipe to the mainifold which was already on the engine. note: i left the coupler(rubber) on the head pipe so i could slide the chamber in. I sprayed the inside of the coupler with oil and the chamber went right in. tightend up the hose clamps. i am sure there are tons of ways, but that is how i did it. hope it helps

oh yeah my tank was out

 

[Matt_E]

Here's how I do it:

1. Engine is in place, tank is removed.
2. Put the chamber in.
3. Put the headpipe in.

 

[keegan]

I wouldnt use oil on the coupler or any sort of grease. that thing needs to be perfectly clean.

 

[tbaer]

I wouldnt use oil on the coupler or any sort of grease. that thing needs to be perfectly clean.

it was wd-40 so it will evaporate when heated.

 

[Matt_E]

Soapy water is the lubricant of choice.

 

[tbaer]

Soapy water is the lubricant of choice.

that would have been better, i wish i would have thought of that.

 

[sflsurfrider]

i install mine just like matt described. i use wd-40 on new couplers. it gets plenty oily just having 2 stroke oil around it while riding.

 

[tbaer]

not to hi-jack but MATT-E your jetting/needle seat advice you gave me was spot on. i didn't even have to adjust anything from what you told me and the plugs look like they get a perfect burn. thanks man

 

[Matt_E]

:biggthumpup:

 

[Waternut]

I guess having the coupler on the chamber was the problem. Once I took that off, it would allow the chamber to slide back a little farther and I could life the front of the chamber rotate the waterbox hose onto it. Hopefully I can get the coupler back on now.

 

[tbaer]

I guess having the coupler on the chamber was the problem. Once I took that off, it would allow the chamber to slide back a little farther and I could life the front of the chamber rotate the waterbox hose onto it. Hopefully I can get the coupler back on now.

put the coupler on the head pipe tighten it down and slide it onto the chamber and bolt the head pipe on. good luck man