valve cover bolts - GuzziTech type

for those of you that adjust your own valves you have noticed that the valve cover bolts are a very soft type metal and round out fairly easy.

having just adjusted my valves for the first time of course i rounded out one trying to get it out, after many searches and orders from a few online stores i come to find out that there are none in stock anywhere, i was able to ask the parts guys at AF1 if they could check with one of the Tech's if they had 1 tucked away in his tool box and they came up with up 1 for me - oh happy days hell-yes!

so with that being said i searched and found as many you of you have the ones that GuzziTech offer - that are superior in every way, so hopefully i will never have to go through that exercise again.

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GTM CNC 8V VALVE COVER BOLTS
$89.95

or if you live in UK, you can try stainless set at Lincoln Eagle Engineering

I bought a set of red CNC ones from MVS-Performance in Saltau (lower Saxony Germany), but they seem to have stopped doing them

Using a small amount of anti seize on the threads and not over torquing them works as well. I've never stripped one or rounded one out but I've had to remove a couple that have been. I think if you live somewhere where they put salt on the road doesn't help with them seizing and therefore rising rounding out. Using the wrong tampons can cause problems too.

Pete Roper wrote:

Using the wrong tampons can cause problems too.

That's what i heard too

You guys use tampons? Glad I've got a Sport...

I have 8 tampons installed. Simultaneously. There's leaks, otherwise.

Part #3 Tampon.

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There are two types one for the non floating covers, one for the floating ones.

The word means 'Plug' in Italian.

means plug elsewhere too.

@pete
Do you happen to have both part numbers for the tampons - as I may need to get some new ones; the dishwasher does a good job for a while.

830249 Damper drift 8 Technical Specifications :Old version[OLD]
this type is like a washer
OEM Moto Guzzi Valve Cover Bolt Grommet -1A006716 (ex 879975) Technical Specifications :New version[NEW] - this type is like a cup within a washer - superior design

thanks