1985 GS550ES Knock When Hot

**TxGSrider** · 07-26-2018, 07:47 AM

Originally posted by steve murdoch

Did you change the exhaust gaskets when you installed the new pipes?
It MIGHT just be an exhaust leak.

I was gonna guess that too, but he says he used new gaskets. I have heard them make quite a noise that can sound like a tap or a knock.

**Curtie94** · 07-26-2018, 10:13 AM

I'm going to check valve lash tonight. I'm also going to retorque the exhaust.

**steve murdoch** · 07-26-2018, 11:12 AM

Originally posted by TxGSrider

I was gonna guess that too, but he says he used new gaskets. I have heard them make quite a noise that can sound like a tap or a knock.

ooops, missed that.

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