I was always told that copper gaskets have to be annealed (by heating them and then quenching them in cold water) so they will be soft enough to form to the mating surfaces. Do you have some reason for not doing this on the rocker box gaskets? Or is this only necessary for the Head gasket? I’m surprised you had those other gaskets fall apart like that. Definitely not satisfactory in my book! I’m currently rebuilding a 1974 Trident top end for a friend of mine after having the head refurbished with new guides, Black Diamond valves, exhaust ports worked, new rings on the standard pistons, honing the bore, etc. The head was in a sorry state, but the pistons and bores are well within tolerance. I watched you installing the rockers on this bike a while back and I noticed you didn't seem to follow the tightening sequence. Possibly this is a factor in your leakage woes?
In 5 minutes, I'm gonna put the head and rocker boxes back on my 1974 Trident. Took everything off to seal some oil leaks like you guys did. Seems that someone forgot to put the aluminun crush washers under the 6 allen head rocker box screws? It appears to me that where the "inspection caps" are in the back of the rocker boxes, on both, intake and exhaust boxes you added a hexagon plug with hose coming out of the hexagon bolt??? Is this a breather you added for the intake and exhaust rocker boxes??? My friend, Brandon at Steadfast Cycles told me that all Tridents are prone to leaky rocker boxes and you will NEVER solve the leaky rocker boxes UNLESS to add a breather to each rocker box???? Is that what you did???
@@neilzlozower3430 Yes those are breathers in an earlier video we talked about those breathers and we found those quite reasonably priced they made sense to us to add. Those aluminum washers are a necessity, Here is the video when we first installed the rocker boxes th-cam.com/video/93-HtxggcE0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-XEQjzX9qzy2vr72 hopefully this helps, in the comments in that video there is a link for the rocker box breathers on where to find the ones we got,
Well, kick starting a bike with the kick stand down is fine if you aren't standing on the rider pegs and kicking, putting all your weight and the bikes weight on the side stand while kicking! I always hold the bike while standing on the ground and kick. To me, the side stand is down for a safety measure against having the bike accidentally falling over while kicking.
Yes those are breathers in an earlier video we talked about those breathers and we found those quite reasonably priced they made sense to us to add. Those aluminum washers are a necessity, Here is the video when we first installed the rocker boxes th-cam.com/video/93-HtxggcE0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-XEQjzX9qzy2vr72 hopefully this helps, in the comments in that video there is a link for the rocker box breathers on where to find the ones we got,
I was always told that copper gaskets have to be annealed (by heating them and then quenching them in cold water) so they will be soft enough to form to the mating surfaces. Do you have some reason for not doing this on the rocker box gaskets? Or is this only necessary for the Head gasket?
I’m surprised you had those other gaskets fall apart like that. Definitely not satisfactory in my book! I’m currently rebuilding a 1974 Trident top end for a friend of mine after having the head refurbished with new guides, Black Diamond valves, exhaust ports worked, new rings on the standard pistons, honing the bore, etc. The head was in a sorry state, but the pistons and bores are well within tolerance.
I watched you installing the rockers on this bike a while back and I noticed you didn't seem to follow the tightening sequence. Possibly this is a factor in your leakage woes?
And thread sealant on those Allen screws, Medium strength 542 or similar and dont retorque them. That breaks the seal and they could then leak anyway
In 5 minutes, I'm gonna put the head and rocker boxes back on my 1974 Trident. Took everything off to seal some oil leaks like you guys did. Seems that someone forgot to put the aluminun crush washers under the 6 allen head rocker box screws? It appears to me that where the "inspection caps" are in the back of the rocker boxes, on both, intake and exhaust boxes you added a hexagon plug with hose coming out of the hexagon bolt??? Is this a breather you added for the intake and exhaust rocker boxes??? My friend, Brandon at Steadfast Cycles told me that all Tridents are prone to leaky rocker boxes and you will NEVER solve the leaky rocker boxes UNLESS to add a breather to each rocker box???? Is that what you did???
@@neilzlozower3430 Yes those are breathers in an earlier video we talked about those breathers and we found those quite reasonably priced they made sense to us to add. Those aluminum washers are a necessity, Here is the video when we first installed the rocker boxes th-cam.com/video/93-HtxggcE0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-XEQjzX9qzy2vr72 hopefully this helps, in the comments in that video there is a link for the rocker box breathers on where to find the ones we got,
That's how you bend side stands...
Well, kick starting a bike with the kick stand down is fine if you aren't standing on the rider pegs and kicking, putting all your weight and the bikes weight on the side stand while kicking! I always hold the bike while standing on the ground and kick. To me, the side stand is down for a safety measure against having the bike accidentally falling over while kicking.
Head gaskets going to leak now you loosened it, do it properly man,
I wish you would of answered my below question :(:(:(:(:(
@@neilzlozower3430 I thought I did let me try again
Yes those are breathers in an earlier video we talked about those breathers and we found those quite reasonably priced they made sense to us to add. Those aluminum washers are a necessity, Here is the video when we first installed the rocker boxes th-cam.com/video/93-HtxggcE0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-XEQjzX9qzy2vr72 hopefully this helps, in the comments in that video there is a link for the rocker box breathers on where to find the ones we got,