Exhaust Fix!!! [Archive] - 3WHeeLeR WoRLD

tlalumiere

01-28-2011, 01:09 PM

So im restoring my 83 R and i ran into a problem with my Exhaust. New DG head pipe and silencer calls for use of all old hardware. Problem: Where the silencer connects to the head pipe there is a OEM seal that goes there that i do not have and is discontinued.
The guy at my local bike shop told me to use a High temp radiator hose and a nice set of clamps to make it look clean. Sounds like a quick and easy fix BUT Has anyone tried this? Wont it melt? The guys said he has done it on 2 stroke bikes before.

Headsup

01-28-2011, 01:13 PM

Pretty sure radiator tubes would get hotter then a exhaust would but idk.. seems ok

Dirtcrasher

01-28-2011, 01:22 PM

Your cars thermostat most likely opens and maintains 190 degrees.

The exhaust is a heck of a lot hotter than that.

tlalumiere

01-28-2011, 01:29 PM

Well then ill have to try something else

ceaserthethird

01-28-2011, 03:33 PM

It will work with no problem, this is only to seal the end of the pipe / stinger with the beginning of the silencer.

jeffatc250r

01-28-2011, 03:59 PM

Every single one of my bikes has this. I promise you it wont melt

MIK6

01-28-2011, 04:07 PM

I have used a radiator hose on my 87 T3 w/o any problems. i used a long piece to protect the NOS overflow bottle. Works great, never a melting problem.
http://www.3wheelerworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65043&d=1211853399

MIK6 / Mike

tlalumiere

01-29-2011, 01:04 PM

Very nice! What hose are you using?

MIK6

01-29-2011, 01:08 PM

i dont remember, i asked if i could go outback of a advanced auto parts, w/ my silencer, i just looked for a hose that fit w/ the straightest run. think it was only like $10 too.

MIK6 / Mike

Headsup

01-29-2011, 01:09 PM

Yea i figured a Radiator hose would work.. I mean as long as you dont have it for a Head Pipe should be fine.. Also use sum JB weld.. Works i think.. Aslo a exhaust repair called seal all..

Works fine to.. cheap like a buck or two.

Dirtcrasher

01-29-2011, 01:37 PM

For some reason I thought he meant his headpipe, not the silencer connection. I even had that as a kid om my RM250........

briano

01-30-2011, 03:02 AM

Yea i figured a Radiator hose would work.. I mean as long as you dont have it for a Head Pipe should be fine.. Also use sum JB weld.. Works i think.. Aslo a exhaust repair called seal all..

Do not use JB weld on an exhaust system, it dries up and crumbles. Seals All is a glue that you can glue about anything but exhaust.