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Atomicandrew
| Posted on Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 07:15 pm: |
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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
| Posted on Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 07:59 pm: |
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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
| Posted on Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 08:11 pm: |
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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
| Posted on Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 09:42 pm: |
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There is a soft lead mesh exhaust O-ring that fits into the exhaust port to seal up the exhaust. |
Atomicandrew
| Posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 - 06:38 pm: |
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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
| Posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 - 07:55 pm: |
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It is an easy and inexpensive repair. Remove exhaust, pick out the old gasket, install the new gasket($2.50) reinstall the exhaust. |
Ezblast
| Posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 - 09:53 pm: |
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Concur! |
Johnnymac
| Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 08:29 am: |
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I'll see your concur and raise you one more! |
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