| Author | Message | ||
     Atomicandrew |
my blast has been riding great lately, but then all of the sudden, the exhaust sounded a heck of a lot louder - almost like a lawnmower. I looked around and saw that most of the exhaust was coming from where the pipe connects to the engine, and the silver bracket that holds it in place was missing a nut and it was loose. I stripped off the other nut to take a look and i don't know if there's a problem with it or not, but it seems at the end of the pipe, there's a chunk missing? here's a video, hopefully it'll give you a better look at what i'm talking about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqD6NjEmCnY | ||
| Ezblast |
Maybe uneven tightening of the header - or one side loose the other tight - don't even know if a welder can fix that - totally bizarre. EZ | ||
| Atomicandrew |
i picked up another nut so i'm going to try putting the plate back in place. i was just curious if there was some sort of seal or something between the pipe and where it gets mounted in | ||
| Swampy |
There is a soft lead mesh exhaust O-ring that fits into the exhaust port to seal up the exhaust. | ||
| Atomicandrew |
i hooked it all back up and the exhaust isn't coming out the end of the pipe - if i stick my hand where the pipe connects to the bike, i can feel it all coming out there. i might just drive it over to my hd dealership and have them look at it. | ||
| Swampy |
It is an easy and inexpensive repair. Remove exhaust, pick out the old gasket, install the new gasket($2.50) reinstall the exhaust. | ||
| Ezblast |
Concur! | ||
| Johnnymac |
I'll see your concur and raise you one more! |
