On of my two front jets is leaking from the back. How do I fix it? Thanks Bob Auld

There's an excellent explaination of it here:Auld Lang Syne Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Some tubs with air jets have a sensor that detects water in the piping and cycles the air pump to blow out the water in the air jets. Make sure the faucet is not dripping as the water leaking into the tub could be causing the pump cycling problem.

Hope this helps.
Bob

It may be too rich on decel...but it is more likely an exhaust leak. Do Harleys have mechanical valve lash adjustments? If you do then I would also recommend checking the clearances on the exhaust valves.

Good luck and be careful.

You may not need to replace any parts. If it is leaking around the seal (which I have had happen on occassion), a high quality silicone adhesive should be applied. However, it is best to unscrew the jet at the connection so as to get good coverage. Just applying the adhesive around the connection without getting it between the unfinished portion of your tub, is just asking for future problems.

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If there is a  threaded nut on the back of the jet, undo the nut as much as possible and push the jet out into the tub. Spread aquarium grade silicone around the jet and push back into the hole, put more silicone in front of the nut, you may have to spread it in the small area with your finger or if you can squirt it in from the tube of silicone. If there is no  threaded ring on the backside of the jet, go to the jet in the tub and looking down on the jet, turn it to the right. It should pop and pull out of the housing. There will be a retaining ring that may require a special tool to remove it, once the ring is out, clean it very well, spread silicon on the threads and the lip. Reinstall in the hole, reinstall jet wait 24 hours and fill and test for leaks. Take you time and you will not have to do it over again. Check where the leak is coming from, sometimes there is a hairline crack in the jet assembly, if this is the case, make sure the area is dry then use a 2 part epoxy for plastic (from lowes or home depot) and smear this all over and around the crack, let dry 24 hours, fill and test.

This is a hard fix, The jets are glued on to the back of the tub with an epoxy type material. the jets should spin on and off from the inside of the tub. You need to determine if it is the hole where the jet is that's leaking or if it is the jet assembly and tubing that is leaking. If it is the jet hole that is leaking, spin the jet off and use aquarium grade silicone (Lowes carries it)
spread this around the piece sticking thru the tub and spin the jet back on. This is a hit or miss fix. No easy fix if it is the tubes or jet assembly, full access necessary for this repair.

hi bob,

this may not be a direct solution but i just want to have another user involved in a tw200 community.

http://tw200forum.com/forums/

all you need from cleaning up the bike and what/how to have a part replaced.

good luck.

regards,

voodoo