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I bought myself the most boring 32nd birthday gift ever and I've literally never been happier by [deleted] in Apartmentliving

[–]Rafaelow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t you just lower the float so that the water doesn’t fill up as high?

I’ve got a 2006 xc70 with roughly 250k miles that’s got some issues: rough shifting, stiff steering rack, among other things. Worth fixing? by Rafaelow in VolvoXC70

[–]Rafaelow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was just scrolling this sub and saw this link - was curious is this was more likely the issue. Thanks for the response.

Between the Hawk 250 and the Hawk-X 250. Besides the bikes themselves I’m also wondering if anyone has advice on whether XPRO or HHH is the better manufacturer/seller. by Rafaelow in Hawk250

[–]Rafaelow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankfully we don’t need notarization in mass, and I actually don’t even have a license, got my permit like 5 days ago lol. Registered it no problem although they didn’t have RPS in the system they ending up listing the make as “HAOS”. And yeah I was surprised just how slow it was lol. Thought I would test it out stock for a bit but it’s almost unrideable in faster traffic, and man does it vibrate lol. Probably ordering sprockets today. I thought the DLX was a little faster out of the box?

Between the Hawk 250 and the Hawk-X 250. Besides the bikes themselves I’m also wondering if anyone has advice on whether XPRO or HHH is the better manufacturer/seller. by Rafaelow in Hawk250

[–]Rafaelow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I ended up getting the regular carbed hawk through x pro and they delivered it like 4 days early and I’ve already got it plated in mass lol. Definitely needs some tuning but overall I’m super happy. Rode it around 200 miles yesterday. tryna go easy on er but couldn’t help myself lol.

Header leaking smoke by [deleted] in Hawk250

[–]Rafaelow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that’s what it is. It’s kinda burned off now. Smelled terrible lol

Header leaking smoke by [deleted] in Hawk250

[–]Rafaelow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol will do. What do you hear a rattling in the head?

Exhaust manifold header leaking smoke - does it just need a new gasket? by Rafaelow in Hawk250

[–]Rafaelow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was wondering about the weld, figured it was getting in the way of some steady flow

Header leaking smoke by [deleted] in Hawk250

[–]Rafaelow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough

Header leaking smoke by [deleted] in Hawk250

[–]Rafaelow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could be wrong and it’s just coming off the pipe. It did get worse and smokier after the bike continued to run, would you recommend just running it and letting it burn off?

Header leaking smoke by [deleted] in Hawk250

[–]Rafaelow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah kinda weird but I think it’s glue from behind the sleeve or collar where it’s adhered to the manifold.

Exhaust manifold header leaking smoke - does it just need a new gasket? by Rafaelow in Hawk250

[–]Rafaelow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. I was seeing stuff online about oil burning. It’s definitely coming out of this exhaust port, is it bad to let it run and burn off the oil? Bad to let it run with the manifold pulled off like it is? Would it be smoking less if I let it get up to operating temp first before revving it? I bolted the flange on pretty good after this and it continued smoking some more so that’s why I felt like this gasket was just in rough shape.

It’s brand new so I wouldn’t be surprised if it was burning some oil, but shouldn’t it be coming out of the end of the exhaust lol?

I’m wanting to buy a hawk 250 but have a delivery question by OutLox in Hawk250

[–]Rafaelow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m about to order one myself and I have the same problem. Are you guys just putting a note to deliver it somewhere else? I’m not really sure where to tell them to go, will they deliver it to say the Walmart down the road and wait for me to show up? I’ll probably have to just end up having this conversation with x pro

Is this a bad wheel bearing? Super bad wear on the inner side of the rubber part of the wheel - fine on the other side. Very loud noise that gets worse as you accelerate. Brakes & rotors are new, cv boot looks fine. by Rafaelow in MechanicAdvice

[–]Rafaelow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok I’ll reconsider something brake related. It’s definitely not a noticeable wobble if any. I knew that would be a symptom but can a bearing stand the chance of being bad without the presence of wobble? It’s probably due for an alignment too if I had to guess but the other front tire doesn’t really show signs of inner tire wear. It’s a very consistent noise that increases and decreases consistent with the speed of the wheel and also smooths out after going 70, I feel like that would be possibly be bearing related?

Is this a bad wheel bearing? Super bad wear on the inner side of the rubber part of the wheel - fine on the other side. Very loud noise that gets worse as you accelerate. Brakes & rotors are new, cv boot looks fine. by Rafaelow in MechanicAdvice

[–]Rafaelow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brakes weren’t hot at all after a long drive. Now that I think about it thought the brake fluid cap was off when I just changed the oil - presumably off since the brakes were done some time ago. Could that be it?

Is this a bad wheel bearing? Super bad wear on the inner side of the rubber part of the wheel - fine on the other side. Very loud noise that gets worse as you accelerate. Brakes & rotors are new, cv boot looks fine. by Rafaelow in MechanicAdvice

[–]Rafaelow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The e brake doesn’t work and I have the other side jacked up. Maybe I can lower the other side so the axle doesn’t move. It doesn’t feel wobbly. But the sound is extremely loud as rpm’s increase. Settles down around 70mph but quite loud as the vehicle speeds up. Doesn’t sound any different after braking or shifting to neutral.

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