Exhaust collector question

[Adavidson56304]

So finally the snow is gone and I put on a couple hundred miles on Sunday. Monday, went out to jump on and heard a rattle. At first I thought it was an engine knock, but after some investigation, it is the exhaust collector. Some pieces broke of on the inside and are rattling around. So after a while and some swearing, I have the exhaust pulled. The broken pieces are too big to pull out of a hole.

Now what?

Should I just start looking for another collector?

Or, could I cut a bigger hole in the bottom, pull out the pieces and weld it back together?

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Aaron

MN

[dingy]

1st link is a little drastic, these collectors are a tough fit up and splitting it in 2 pieces may pose a challenge to re-weld together accurately.

 

2nd link is more conventional fix.

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=72717&highlight=exhaust+collector

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1002

 

Gary

[Adavidson56304]

Thanks a lot. That second one is sort of what I had pictured in my head. I played with it for a while, and found it was two broken pieces. One was smaller and I was able to twist and bend it enough with a long needle nose to get it out. The other is bigger, I tried the same thing but pretty much bent it into a big ball that's bigger than the holes, so it won't come out. I guess I'll be performing surgery soon.

[uncledj]

I had pretty much the same problem last Summer.

I ended up replacing the collector with one I got from Dingy.

I cut the old one apart, and found the problem was actually that the divider had broken loose from the base. (spot welds)

I welded it all back together, and as far as I can tell, it should be fine.

If you can't get yours to work, lemme know and we can work out a deal on the one I repaired.

Hell,....you can have it if you want,.....just pay for shipping.

 

If you click on my profile and search "links started by uncledj", there's a thread titled "Exhaust collector repair" There's pics of the collector cut apart then welded back together.

 

Lemme know

[Adavidson56304]

I had pretty much the same problem last Summer.

I ended up replacing the collector with one I got from Dingy.

I cut the old one apart, and found the problem was actually that the divider had broken loose from the base. (spot welds)

I welded it all back together, and as far as I can tell, it should be fine.

If you can't get yours to work, lemme know and we can work out a deal on the one I repaired.

Hell,....you can have it if you want,.....just pay for shipping.

 

If you click on my profile and search "links started by uncledj", there's a thread titled "Exhaust collector repair" There's pics of the collector cut apart then welded back together.

 

Lemme know

 

Thanks, I'll let you know how mine goes. I'm looking forward to a welding project.

[Adavidson56304]

Got it all back together and finally the rain let up so I can ride. I had my brother in law weld it for me, he's a welder so I figured he could do a better job. The bike runs great still and doesn't sound like its going to blow up.

Thanks for the help.

Aaron