BJ 26 cooling Jacket

[JimClark]

I have two BJ26 motors and one of them the nipples for the cooling jacket are in the wrong place. I need to spin the jacket a little but I don't want to do it if I will damage anything. Has anyone tried spinning the jacket and been successful in doing it without damaging the jacket or O rings?

Jim

[scoota]

Yes you can spin them, they are very tight till you do spin them for the first time , they are like a normal water jacket with o'rings , slide the jacket off & put a bit of oil or rubber grease on the o'rings & the jacket will slide on & off with no problems ....

[scoota]

if you think you are going to damage the o-rings Jim , you can fill the water jacket with WD-40 before you try moving it , i have found that will help

jason...

[JimClark]

The WD-40 won't attack the O-Rings? I used WD on a gundert silicone cooler and it attacked and softened the water jacket and it never worked again always leaked.

Jim

[scoota]

our lake has a mix of fresh & salt water Jim , and i always flush my cooling systems out with wd-40 or CRC & i have never had any problems . if your worried fill it with a thin machine oil ..

jason

[scoota]

Or you could pop the front bearing housing out of the motor can & do it that way Jim, they are only glued in ... now im out ideas :-)

[JimClark]

Ok thanks guy's got some ideas now

Jim