GAWildKat Posted May 29, 2014 #1 Posted May 29, 2014 Need an exhaust for the bike....Mike found a hole in the right side one just before the muffler. Help! (Adds that to the list of valve cover gaskets, rear wheel, rear rotor, rear brake pads.....the list goes on...
Marcarl Posted May 29, 2014 #2 Posted May 29, 2014 A little wee hole in the bottom is normal. You should find one on both sides. They are there to drain the pipes.
djh3 Posted May 29, 2014 #3 Posted May 29, 2014 If the metal is rotted out, there was a post here just a week or so ago a fellow took his to a local muffler shop and got a collector (2 into 1 pipe) made for cheap.
StormRaven Posted May 29, 2014 #4 Posted May 29, 2014 Not a hole. The right pipe is completely detached in front of the muffler. Heat shield masked how bad it was. The muffler is being held on to the bike, but at the moment it's useless. I like the sound but it could use a little bit of baffling at a minimum; and I'm glad that both sides aren't straight pipes right now. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
GAWildKat Posted May 29, 2014 Author #5 Posted May 29, 2014 Not a hole. The right pipe is completely detached in front of the muffler. Heat shield masked how bad it was. The muffler is being held on to the bike, but at the moment it's useless. I like the sound but it could use a little bit of baffling at a minimum; and I'm glad that both sides aren't straight pipes right now. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk Thanks for clarifying....I need more coffee...really!
Flyinfool Posted May 29, 2014 #6 Posted May 29, 2014 Not a hole. The right pipe is completely detached in front of the muffler. Heat shield masked how bad it was. The muffler is being held on to the bike, but at the moment it's useless. I like the sound but it could use a little bit of baffling at a minimum; and I'm glad that both sides aren't straight pipes right now. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk A pic is worth a thousand words. If it is the stub pipe that comes out of the collector, there have been posts where people have taken that to a muffler shop and had a new pipe welded in. Replacing the collector is pricey:mo money:
djh3 Posted May 29, 2014 #7 Posted May 29, 2014 Check this thread out. May be a simular problem and give you an idea or two.
StormRaven Posted May 29, 2014 #8 Posted May 29, 2014 [ATTACH]84744[/ATTACH][ATTACH]84744[/ATTACH] The 10 am sun doesn't help with getting decent pictures of dark areas, but here's what I could do in the parking lot at work. The pipe is completely sheared in front of the clamp in front of the muffler. The muffler is being held on by a single bolt. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
djh3 Posted May 29, 2014 #9 Posted May 29, 2014 It may take some doing, but if you get it off a muffler shop may be able to fix it by "splicing" a new piece in. Until then can you get a pop can (may be to light weigh material) or say a corn can. Split it with some metal shears and put it around the effected area, then use a couple hose clamps to hold it all together.
Evan Posted May 29, 2014 #10 Posted May 29, 2014 I started a thread a couple of years ago called Emergency Exhaust Repair. Think I had the same problem you describe while riding through rural Saskatchewan, almost 2000 miles from home. Did an emergency repair which is still working two years and many thousand miles later. However, I do hope to do a proper repair real soon. There are some pics of my repair in my original post, which I think this link will take you to: http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=63863
dingy Posted May 29, 2014 #11 Posted May 29, 2014 Collector on Ebay that ends tonight. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1983-1993-Yamaha-XVZ1200-1300-Venture-Center-Chamber-Rear-Headers-NICE-4085-/310966180935?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4867075c47 Gary
GAWildKat Posted May 30, 2014 Author #12 Posted May 30, 2014 Collector on Ebay that ends tonight. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1983-1993-Yamaha-XVZ1200-1300-Venture-Center-Chamber-Rear-Headers-NICE-4085-/310966180935?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4867075c47 Gary I was outbid by $1...Mike basically froze up at the idea of bidding on ebay....sheesh....so, the next question is now what do we do?
KIC Posted May 30, 2014 #13 Posted May 30, 2014 Okay gurus..would the front pipes and the collector from an 84 work on his 87 ?
jasonm. Posted May 30, 2014 #14 Posted May 30, 2014 I fixed my old 83 by simply brazing the thing up and stuffing a 1-1/4" pipe in there ...I think..this was over 20 years back. Removed the right muffler. Wire wheeled the thing as best as possible. Collectors do rust out when left outside
KIC Posted May 31, 2014 #15 Posted May 31, 2014 How hard is it to remove the pipes and collector from the bike ? I can easily lay over one of the 84's , but just wondering what it will take to get the parts off.
camos Posted May 31, 2014 #16 Posted May 31, 2014 How hard is it to remove the pipes and collector from the bike ? I can easily lay over one of the 84's , but just wondering what it will take to get the parts off. As with everything on these old bike "it depends". On mine the collector was relatively easy to get off. The bolts for the rear exhaust clamps were quite rusty but were not that difficult to access and did come out without much trouble. Getting the right side muffler off was somewhat evil though the left side one was easy enough. To drop the muffler there is a bolt that is accessed through the passenger floor board. The proper bolt to remove for this has a sort of mushroom shaped head with a smaller hex head. The left one had that bolt however the right one had been replaced with a "normal" cap screw type bolt with a larger head which did not leave enough room for the socket to fit through the hole in the floor board. I had to remove the floor board to get at the bolt. One of the floor board bolts was seized and had to be drilled out. If that scenario had not happened I would say it is not such a difficult job to get them off. My collector had both rear muffler pipe stubs rusted almost off. Took the collector to a muffler shop and had two new pipe stubs welded on. Gave the guy an exhaust gasket to use for sizing the pipe. I will be re-installing the collector this weekend so will find out if the new stubs were welded on in the right direction. Fingers crossed.
KIC Posted June 2, 2014 #17 Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) OK... I got over to my dad's ( the resting place of my parts bikes) and was finally able to remove the collector. I was able to disconnect the two rear top exhaust pipes but could not figure out how to get them out from inside the frame/engine area. Do you need those top rear pipes ? Here is what I have so far: These are the rear pipes I have off of my 89. Edited June 2, 2014 by KIC
djh3 Posted June 2, 2014 #18 Posted June 2, 2014 Bet you all cant guess what GAwildKatt is getting for her birthday.
GAWildKat Posted June 2, 2014 Author #19 Posted June 2, 2014 Lol great bday prezzie....KIC I'll ask Mike if he needs the top rear pipes too. Sorry, me crawling under the bike isn't going to give any useful answers today lol. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
KIC Posted June 3, 2014 #20 Posted June 3, 2014 It fit in a flat rate box. PM me an address and I will send it out tomorrow
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