logr Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 No pics as I have dial up but I have had an oil pick up tube head break off twice so I thought a heads up would be in order. The early SR Red tops have a brace welded to the tube but Black tops have it welded to the head. The head of the pick up has broken off on 2 Red tops in my shop. There appeared to be no damage so I have attributed it to vibration until a better explanation comes along. Easy fix is buying a newer pick up or welding a brace to the head of the pick up. I no longer let an SR leave my shop without the fix as it is cheap insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr jdm Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 This happened to my motor once as well, I rode #3 got chewed bad. Also, some of the newer VE fwd oil pick ups, they have no brace at all. Perhaps a better solution might be instead of adding a brace, welding completely around the head/tube joint, and the tube/flange joint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fast-datsun Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 S13 black tops had up-dated oil pick-up to solve the problem, the will fit on the red top..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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