the_BOBNOB
Grey Hound
okay i have been wanting to do this for ages and just never got around to it
i bought the pipe 2nd hand so i dont know how many km's it has done on the old packing
but i have put 20k on the exhaust since i got it
so either way it was due for a repack and i did not like the sound any more - at idle it was okay but at speed it was starting to get very harsh
i have read about different packing methods - it comes down to 3 types of packing
1. premade repack pack for a specific exhaust - you remove the encap slide the old packing out and slide the new packing in - done
2. repack with fibre glass packing
3. repack with steelwool and fibre glass combination
i decide to give option 3 a go - if it works great if after 6 months its shot i'll try option 2
i dont know what the difference would be between option 2 and 3
remember safety first!
1. wear gloves
2. mask
3. etc
most importantly when working with fibreglass DONT EVER EVER SCRATCH YOU BALLS!!!
;D
took some time to get the damn pipe of the bike :-\
the fit is extremely tight!
next up drill out the rivets on the end cap
use a rubber mallet and persuade the cap to get of the pipe
and out comes the old packing - i can now understand why it needs to be repacked
most of the packing was baked hard from all the carbon and stuff - it was no longer soft and fluffy but hard and brittle
here is the guts of the van der linde
i always thought the pipe was a straight through pipe but now i see that it has an insert that looks like a pinched perforated pipe
here is the supplies
stainless steel pop rivets
fibreglass exhaust packing
steelwool (i only used one packet)
first up the thin layer of steelwool tide down with some thin wire
next up the packing
cut it to size and use masking tape to keep it in place - the masking tape will burn off eventually
i then used weed eater cut line to pull it all together - to get the pipe to slip over easy
once the pipe is over jank the weed eater line out
apply a little bit of hi-temp gasket maker to the caps and put everything back together like you found it :thumleft:
all done!
how does it sound ???
i dont know - i'll fit the pipe tomorrow :deal:
on scale of difficulty i would say its very easy - same as fitting chain and sprockets :thumleft:
i bought the pipe 2nd hand so i dont know how many km's it has done on the old packing
but i have put 20k on the exhaust since i got it
so either way it was due for a repack and i did not like the sound any more - at idle it was okay but at speed it was starting to get very harsh
i have read about different packing methods - it comes down to 3 types of packing
1. premade repack pack for a specific exhaust - you remove the encap slide the old packing out and slide the new packing in - done
2. repack with fibre glass packing
3. repack with steelwool and fibre glass combination
i decide to give option 3 a go - if it works great if after 6 months its shot i'll try option 2
i dont know what the difference would be between option 2 and 3
remember safety first!
1. wear gloves
2. mask
3. etc
most importantly when working with fibreglass DONT EVER EVER SCRATCH YOU BALLS!!!
;D
took some time to get the damn pipe of the bike :-\
the fit is extremely tight!
next up drill out the rivets on the end cap
use a rubber mallet and persuade the cap to get of the pipe
and out comes the old packing - i can now understand why it needs to be repacked
most of the packing was baked hard from all the carbon and stuff - it was no longer soft and fluffy but hard and brittle
here is the guts of the van der linde
i always thought the pipe was a straight through pipe but now i see that it has an insert that looks like a pinched perforated pipe
here is the supplies
stainless steel pop rivets
fibreglass exhaust packing
steelwool (i only used one packet)
first up the thin layer of steelwool tide down with some thin wire
next up the packing
cut it to size and use masking tape to keep it in place - the masking tape will burn off eventually
i then used weed eater cut line to pull it all together - to get the pipe to slip over easy
once the pipe is over jank the weed eater line out
apply a little bit of hi-temp gasket maker to the caps and put everything back together like you found it :thumleft:
all done!
how does it sound ???
i dont know - i'll fit the pipe tomorrow :deal:
on scale of difficulty i would say its very easy - same as fitting chain and sprockets :thumleft:
