99 Sx 500 Front Heat Exchanger

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vt700

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A friends son has a 500 with the hole ( stud came out ) in the front exchanger what do you guy think about running the sled by bypassing the front heat exchanger? Looks like a job and a half to replace it.

Thanks
 
without a srx rear exchanger installed i would not chance it. the tube at the back does not give enough cooling with the bypass to the front. i had added one to my sx500r as i found it ran hot with just the rear pipe.

yes it is a bitch of a project to change but why not cheat and get it welded in place. quite a few guys here have done that and have had good luck with it. they say jb weld works too but i would leave that for emergency repais to get it home/finish trip kind of thing.
 
Personally, I would rather take the time to remove the exchanger and get it fixed or replace it.

The way I see it, it is cheaper to repair/replace a heat exchanger rather than rebuild or replace a melted motor.

Just my .02
 
The stud punched a hole into the very top of the exchanger/ bulkhead (top of the first fin) almost impossible to weld or JB weld . Was hoping to here that somone had run this sled without the front exchanger and had no problems. I will leave that up to the kids father.

Thanks
 
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