Penis Rotor
GT Godfather!
No need to pee your pants. Mine just developed a leak at 50,000Km. No failure, fixed for next to nothing. C&P because its easy for me and I'm a lazy turd!
Remember the early Grisos had a problem with the louvres warping on the outside of the radiator element? Well it seems that the way that was fixed was by adding a couple of plastic 'Tongues'to te top and bottom louvres so they are less inclined to warp upwards/downwards.
Problem is that these 'Tongues' go between the top and bottom of the radiator and the 'Surround' and on my bike in the 30,000 miles of hard riding on all sorts of roads from Freeway to single track dirt the louvre has beenable to vibrate enough to slowly errode the base of the radiator! This may well be an issue specific to my bike but since mine is probably one of the higher mile Grisos out there it might be worth checking for anyone with five minutes on their hands.
The Louvre is held on by 4 screws. Just undo them and tug the louvre off. If it is held tight at either the top or the bottom by the tonges on the louvre I'd suggest simply cutting the 'Tongues' off. OK the top and bottom runs may then warp but to my mind that's better than wearing a hole in the oil cooler radiator.
Anyway, I took it in to my local radiator shop this arvo and it'll be ready tomorrow after they've re-soldered it. Cost? Probably a sixpack or $20. Damn sight cheaper than a new rad! They retail here at $432!!! Incidentally the rad is made by KTM. It sez so on the top!
Bottom 'Tongues' where they have been rubbing between the cooler and the housing.
Damage to cooler. This is where the radiator was leaking.
Slightly better one of the louvre and the wear on the 'Tongues'.
As I said, no big drama, no 'Catastrophic Failure' just a leak that took five minutes to find and $20 to fix.
I award myself 'Elephant Stamp and Gold Star' with bar! Or at the very least a beer!
Pete
Remember the early Grisos had a problem with the louvres warping on the outside of the radiator element? Well it seems that the way that was fixed was by adding a couple of plastic 'Tongues'to te top and bottom louvres so they are less inclined to warp upwards/downwards.
Problem is that these 'Tongues' go between the top and bottom of the radiator and the 'Surround' and on my bike in the 30,000 miles of hard riding on all sorts of roads from Freeway to single track dirt the louvre has beenable to vibrate enough to slowly errode the base of the radiator! This may well be an issue specific to my bike but since mine is probably one of the higher mile Grisos out there it might be worth checking for anyone with five minutes on their hands.
The Louvre is held on by 4 screws. Just undo them and tug the louvre off. If it is held tight at either the top or the bottom by the tonges on the louvre I'd suggest simply cutting the 'Tongues' off. OK the top and bottom runs may then warp but to my mind that's better than wearing a hole in the oil cooler radiator.
Anyway, I took it in to my local radiator shop this arvo and it'll be ready tomorrow after they've re-soldered it. Cost? Probably a sixpack or $20. Damn sight cheaper than a new rad! They retail here at $432!!! Incidentally the rad is made by KTM. It sez so on the top!
Bottom 'Tongues' where they have been rubbing between the cooler and the housing.
Damage to cooler. This is where the radiator was leaking.
Slightly better one of the louvre and the wear on the 'Tongues'.
As I said, no big drama, no 'Catastrophic Failure' just a leak that took five minutes to find and $20 to fix.
I award myself 'Elephant Stamp and Gold Star' with bar! Or at the very least a beer!
Pete
