Man did I screw up!

[CrzystghndKC]

This company have posted up a rad fro the Rocket and looks the business.. Cooling | REVO CYCLE

I went to their site and can't find the radiator for the Rocket may be unavailable now.

 

[CrzystghndKC]

The hole in your rad will see like small fry if you can't resist the urge to wheelie the beast ? Dry sump and vertical engine is really a bad combo as your bearings are drip fed , backwards drip is a bad thing ! Get a playbike for the wheelies and keep the R3 grounded !

I admit that's not really me. It's a stunt rider but illustrated my feelings at the time since I got the leak to stop.

 

[Nat67]

I admit that's not really me. It's a stunt rider but illustrated my feelings at the time since I got the leak to stop.

I respect your honesty ! It's wrong tho , as the initial press releases for the R3 by Triumph , showed a rider wheelying . my mate blew an engine and a gearbox until it was made apparent why . I believe members here such as @Steel have experienced the same fate ?

 

[Navigator]

I got some input from a guy that bought @Navigator bike and said they fit fine with some nylon spacers from a hardware store. Going to get an opinion tomorrow about repair from one of the only two Radiator shops left in Kansas City tomorrow. So far Teflon tape is doing the job.

I purchased the radiator for Cameron on ebay after we discovered one of the hose spigots was bent and had been snapped off at the fixing point. This happened while I owned it and seems to have been damaged at the Triumph dealership when I had the coolant changed a few weeks before Cam and I traded bikes. We didn't figure it out until until he had the bike, thinking it was a hose. The quality of the replacement radiator was quite good but it wasn't as wide as the OEM. One would think that the manufacturer would get that right.

The problem with repairing the OEM rad was that the housing is aluminum and the spigots metal. We tried to get it mended at an old time radiator shop, one of the only remaining ones in our area, but the old guy made it worse.

I asked a friend of mine, a retired welder and long time auto racer, classic car builder and retired Navy Shipyard welder, if it could have welded it and he said that type of dissimilar metal welding is rarely successful. He said he's used an epoxy product made for hi temp applications, such as JB Weld. He's used them on old classic car radiators and they've held fine.

 

[CrzystghndKC]

I purchased the radiator for Cameron on ebay after we discovered one of the hose spigots was bent and had been snapped off at the fixing point. This happened while I owned it and seems to have been damaged at the Triumph dealership when I had the coolant changed a few weeks before Cam and I traded bikes. We didn't figure it out until until he had the bike, thinking it was a hose. The quality of the replacement radiator was quite good but it wasn't as wide as the OEM. One would think that the manufacturer would get that right.

The problem with repairing the OEM rad was that the housing is aluminum and the spigots metal. We tried to get it mended at an old time radiator shop, one of the only remaining ones in our area, but the old guy made it worse.

I asked a friend of mine, a retired welder and long time auto racer, classic car builder and retired Navy Shipyard welder, if it could have welded it and he said that type of dissimilar metal welding is rarely successful. He said he's used an epoxy product made for hi temp applications, such as JB Weld. He's used them on old classic car radiators and they've held fine.

Thanks for the info I remember your posts about that bent pipe. Well I just bought a used but tested OEM radiator for $330. After I swap radiators I'll see if the old one can be properly fixed if so someone may want to buy it someday.

 

[Navigator]

Thanks for the info I remember your posts about that bent pipe. Well I just bought a used but tested OEM radiator for $330. After I swap radiators I'll see if the old one can be properly fixed if so someone may want to buy it someday.

Good find.

 

[Steel]

I respect your honesty ! It's wrong tho , as the initial press releases for the R3 by Triumph , showed a rider wheelying . my mate blew an engine and a gearbox until it was made apparent why . I believe members here such as @Steel have experienced the same fate ?

Twice

 

[Mad Dog]

Well I just bought a used but tested OEM radiator for $330.

Wise move.
There is a way to repair your old radiator, you just haven’t found the right man to do it yet.

 

[CrzystghndKC]

Wise move.
There is a way to repair your old radiator, you just haven’t found the right man to do it yet.

It's amazing how few places are left to repair radiators. The EPA had drove them out of that work now they're just repair shops. That and plastic radiators.

 

[barbagris]

Twice

And? - Have you stopped?