bigJake
Well-Known Member
Has anyone used these Titan brand rave valve housings? I'm a bit suspect of them because of the $24.95 price on BayAreaPowerSports.com and most other sites are charging $80 to $90 for OEM parts.
I have a '96 and a '97 GSX . I only put less than 10 hours on the skis per year. They only have about 140 hours total each. Compression 150 on both skis.
I've replaced the rave o-rings a couple times in the past few years because of oil leaking or once I actually had a melted Piston Exhaust. One housing is currently leaking oil blow by with the exhaust. And one Piston Exhaust on each ski has the plastic threads stripped or melted out. It is still held in place by the compression spring above and bellows below and moves freely up and down with the rave so does it even matter that the threads are missing and it just sits on top of the rave valve stem or must I replace the Piston Exhaust too? I definitely don't get that sudden thrust at 4500 RPM that practically pulls my arms out of their sockets when the raves open up like I used to get. I didn;t know if that was because of the stripped Poston Exhausts or something else? The raves may just need cleaned, it's been a couple years but onky a few hours of run time since last cleaning. I run Amsoil Interceptor.
How tightly should the rave stem fit thru the housing? Mine have a slight lateral movement so I wasn't sure if I just need to replace the o-rings again or if I should replace the housings because that is that what is causing the Piston Exhausts to strip? BTW, I did replace the Raves a few years back (with the slotted version), at least on one ski, I don't remember off the top of my head if I've replaced them in both skis.
I have a '96 and a '97 GSX . I only put less than 10 hours on the skis per year. They only have about 140 hours total each. Compression 150 on both skis.
I've replaced the rave o-rings a couple times in the past few years because of oil leaking or once I actually had a melted Piston Exhaust. One housing is currently leaking oil blow by with the exhaust. And one Piston Exhaust on each ski has the plastic threads stripped or melted out. It is still held in place by the compression spring above and bellows below and moves freely up and down with the rave so does it even matter that the threads are missing and it just sits on top of the rave valve stem or must I replace the Piston Exhaust too? I definitely don't get that sudden thrust at 4500 RPM that practically pulls my arms out of their sockets when the raves open up like I used to get. I didn;t know if that was because of the stripped Poston Exhausts or something else? The raves may just need cleaned, it's been a couple years but onky a few hours of run time since last cleaning. I run Amsoil Interceptor.
How tightly should the rave stem fit thru the housing? Mine have a slight lateral movement so I wasn't sure if I just need to replace the o-rings again or if I should replace the housings because that is that what is causing the Piston Exhausts to strip? BTW, I did replace the Raves a few years back (with the slotted version), at least on one ski, I don't remember off the top of my head if I've replaced them in both skis.
