Rocker cover side nuts, driving me nuts!

[Gallinazorey]

Hi Guys,

One general question and one R65 question.

The previouse owner adjusted all four rocker covers side nuts with such HULK force I simply cannot open them to perofm a valve clearance check! I have started to loose a bit of the nut form out of sheer frustration and dont want to compltelty spoil them....any tips how I can get them off? They are in such a tight place I can only use a simple wrench!

Also, I still have the factory original beeping sound every time I turn the directionals. At first I thought it was kind of cute but it now drives me nuts!! Which fuse should I disconect please?

Thanks

[Frank_M]

I'd juice 'em up fairly good with a penetrating oil, then use a small breaker bar with a 6-point socket. But there's some others here who might have a better idea, so I'd wait 'til they check in.  

[Justin B.]

I don't know that a socket would fit where I think he is describing.  I use a "long" SnapOn box-end wrench and have never had any problems.  If they are real tight I would advise against using an open-end wrench.

As far as the turn-signal annunciator is concerned, you can easily see it on the l/h side of the bike toward the front, under the tank.  Just unplug it...

[Yikes]

The beeper on my '82 is a little button-sized gizmo that is stuck with double-stick tape directly below the black flasher relay, just to the left of the white starter relay under the tank.  It is wired directly to the leads of the flasher relay and can be disabled by pulling out either of the tiny phone line-sized wires.  I don't know if yours is similar.  The beeping has never bothered me.   Between my 26 year old mufflers and my rackety valve noise, I usually can't hear it when I'm running.  Besides, I'm hoping it will help it pass a long overdue inspection (once I get that front brake fixed.)

Good luck with it!

[Justin B.]

Yikes, yours might have been installed after-the-fact by a PO.  The stock unit is much larger than that and is quite loud...

[thrang]

A good dose of penitrating oil, and a good quality closed head spanner, but be a bit careful as if the nut is really siezed you can end up unscrewing the whole stud. This is a real pain in arse as it ends up with stud wedged by the siezed nut between the barrel fins... I ended up having to cut the rear nut off the RT and replace the stud on the RHS rocker cover after I got her last year.

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

Also, make sure you are trying to turn them in the correct direction.  Being on the back side, everything is reversed from normal.
(I still have to pretend I am looking from the backside and do a little twist of my hand counter-clockwise to get myself situated)


Re: the beeper - on my '79 it was under the tank on the left side, toward the front.  There was a short pigtail from the beeper to a connector.  I used to unplug mine, and the first time I would forget to cancel my T.S., I would plug it back in for a bit as a form of self-punishment.
Then I got good horns, and I needed a place to mount the relay.  I used the tab for the beeper and threw the beeper in a box.

[montmil]

PB Blaster - available at Wally•World's BMW & VW Cabriolet Maintenance Section is wonderful stuff. This stuff gets my nuts easily loosened - now that doesn't sound too right  :-/ - while tweaking my 1986 Cabriolet. Soak 'em for 24 hours and try again.  Best find a box-end wrench that will fit. Luck...

[MrRiden]

A box end wrench is advisable. Try to find one that is thin or cheap 'nuff to grind / file down a bit to fit or even a flare nut wrench in a pinch. Stick to 6 point models. I also like the use of the "blue" wrench to free stubborn fittings.
rich

[Justin B.]

Har har, Monte's got loose nuts....   [smiley=ROTFLMAO.gif]

Sorry, but somebody hadda say it...  [smiley=beatnik.gif]

[Bob_Roller]

Are the nuts coming loose, or is the threaded stud coming out of the cover ?

I think there was a picture here about a modification that someone had done, the studs were removed, the valve cover was drilled all the wayand machined, and a bolt and a nut were used instead.