Looked like well-shaped steel wool?

Quote from: Buckethead on April 18, 2011, 07:41:42 PM
Looked like well-shaped steel wool?

Yep.  

Quote from: webspoke on April 18, 2011, 07:37:58 PM
I had a similar gaskets in the hyper's exhaust (rear cylinder header to cat), and I reused it without issue. I would try using them first.

There's a central grove in the gaskets that don't seem to fully re-align and seat in the Leo Vince application.  I saved three or four that were reasonably intact but I just don't feel good about using them.  

If you would ever clean your bike...

Awesome!!!

i think those are the reusable ones too, but would need to see a picture to verify

Well, install FAIL.  The midpipe touches the rear crank case bolt enough to leave a dent in the pipe.  



And the second crankcase bolt nearest the back of the motor is awfully close as well:


I need the horizontal part of the midpipe to move over to the left about a 1/4 of an inch.  I think I'm going to try and move the midpipe mounting tab to the other side of the frame mounting bracket.  It's on the right side now:

But the one crappy picture on the Leo Vince website appears to show the midpipe mounted the way it is now...

Adding the exhuast gaskets at all the pipe junctions might free up some space along the rear of the crank case as well.  These gaskets are the only ones salvageable from my other exhaust system:


Is there something I'm over-looking?  I'm really not happy to do the install job again but as it sits right now, it is not going anywhere.  Dammit  

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I agree with trying to loosen it up and move the bracket to the inside.   you will probally need to remove a spring or 2 also.  I know its a pain in the arse, but it WILL be worth it.  Need some help??  I could swing by say tomorrow around noonish?  call me. I should be up.  is all the body work off? or have you completely put it back together?

LYD, the body work is off and  I could use your help.  I'll be home all day on Wednesday.  If you could cruise over around noon that would be awesome.  Thanks! 

I feel your pain... It took a TON of wrestling and wiggling (and cursing...) to get the Muzzy exhaust mounted on my DR-Z.  A slight wiggle one way would make the header hit the frame, a wiggle the other way would make the mid-pipe hit the shock, and just when both of those were perfectly lined up... the muffler's mounting bracket wouldn't line up with bolt in the subframe.  It wasn't pretty, and took several hours to get right.  (And it turned out that the previous owner had forgotten to ship me the two 10mm spacers needed to get the alignment correct on the subframe... )

Yipes!  THat does sound like a nightmare.  Maybe we shlould have a thread that is only about moto mods that went exactly according to plan (mods that didn't take three times as long to install than they should and didn't cost twice as much as originally planned...)  

I've taken it all apart again and now it seems to clear everything... Weird.  I need to put the spring fasteners back on and the bodywork to be 100% sure she's gonna fly.

Thanks everyone for the advice and support - y'all rock!

Quote from: Cher on April 20, 2011, 08:44:49 AM
I've taken it all apart again and now it seems to clear everything... Weird.  I need to put the spring fasteners back on and the bodywork to be 100% sure she's gonna fly.

Fingers crossed for ya!!   

offering is easy, its the showing up part that is hard. 
Glad you got it!

You heard my and Alan's head banging stories of aftermarket pipe fitment over BBQ last week. You have been thoroughly warned! You are venturing into X-Files territory. Good luck Luke Skywalker!!

   pics and sound clip please.

Can't do a sound clip cos I'm a techno-zero, but I do have an update:  the re-install solved all my clearance issues.  I'm probably going to dremmel a very small portion of body work on the bottom of the left side panel near the kickstand just so I don't have to worry about the horizontal midpipe bubbling my decal set in that area    Pre-emmtive at this point - I think - but melted bodywork would be a real negative  

I also dremmel'd a larger opening on the left side of the V-piece for more through-put along the lower edge of the bodywork.

I actually have yet to ride it since I started this project two weeks ago; I didn't get back from Austin until noon this afternoon then I spent literally five hours trying to fit the wiring for the rear brake light and turn signals so they wouldn't fry... Done, and done now but, holy crap, what a giant pain in the arse.  So burned out I haven't even fired it up again to see if the brake light works.

Tomorrow will hopefully be the maiden voyage.  Will keep you posted  

 
I love my dremmel.