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Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: fraz83 on April 27, 2011, 09:51:33 AM

Title: Pipe hitting rad hose from water pump
Post by: fraz83 on April 27, 2011, 09:51:33 AM

I bought a aftermarket rad for my 01 500 im just wondering if this has been a issue for anyone else! kinda sketched out to go ride when the hose is hitting the pipe! will the pipe burn a hole through the hose or are the stock hoses rated for that kind of temp!? if anyone could help me out it would be a big help

Title: Re: Pipe hitting rad hose from water pump
Post by: dmazz71 on April 27, 2011, 11:12:29 AM

I'm not sure what temp those hoses are rated for, but it's not enough to prevent the rubber from melting.  If you can't shim the pipe out a little to get a small air gap, maybe you could tape up the hose with some hi-temp exhaust wrap.  Not sure would work the best, just throwing some ideas around. 

Title: Re: Pipe hitting rad hose from water pump
Post by: fraz83 on April 27, 2011, 11:52:23 AM

hey man ill take anything right now i got almost a month to figure out something before maylong weekend

Title: Re: Pipe hitting rad hose from water pump
Post by: fraz83 on April 27, 2011, 02:01:54 PM

well the gnarly had to go and the fatty was put on :( im pretty sure the gnarly has more top end and the fatty more bottom so the ride should be different thats for sure

Title: Re: Pipe hitting rad hose from water pump
Post by: weymouth399 on April 27, 2011, 02:13:25 PM

Try loosening the hose at the radiator, and spinning or twisting it away from the pipe.
My gnarly pipe don't hit, but my custom built pipe does.
I wrapped a old inner tube around mine, but it's for ice only and wouldn't work well in dirt.

Bob W

Title: Re: Pipe hitting rad hose from water pump
Post by: fraz83 on April 27, 2011, 02:53:05 PM

yeah bob im pretty sure its the rad that i got off ebay..the thing was a p.o.s!!! i had to modify it lots just to get it to bolt up! its a good thing i got my money refunded for it.. its to bad my right side on my stock one was the damaged one and not the left or i would of just put the stock on the right and the aftermarket on the left...