Exhaust removal

[slug]

Howdy everyone,

 

I need to pull the exhaust off the starboard side (can never remember which right side of the bike is the right right side ) of the bike so I can weld a bung on for an 02 sensor.

 

Any hints, warnings, sage advice before pulling the pipe off the head? Is it common to break the studs?

[Guest ratchethack]

Slug, it's straightforward, and the stab'd side comes off same's the port. . . .

 

The exhaust studs in the heads seem very wimpy to me and I know that several posters (somewhere - can't remember ) have broken 'em off.

 

Just be careful not to tweak 'em in the process and you should be fine.

 

Alternately, an E-Z-Out is y'er New Best Pal. . . .

[slug]

Slug, it's straightforward, and the stab'd side comes off same's the port. . . .

 

The exhaust studs in the heads seem very wimpy to me and I know that several posters (somewhere - can't remember ) have broken 'em off.

 

Just be careful not to tweak 'em in the process and you should be fine.

 

Alternately, an E-Z-Out is y'er New Best Pal. . . . 

92659[/snapback]

 

Thanks Mr. Hack,

 

Just wanted to be safe...

 

Maybe while I have the pipes off I can install those new titanium nitride coated muffler bearings

[Guest ratchethack]

new titanium nitride coated muffler bearings 

Uber-Bling!

[mike wilson]

Howdy everyone,

 

I need to pull the exhaust off the starboard side (can never remember which right side of the bike is the right right side  ) of the bike so I can weld a bung on for an 02 sensor.

 

Any hints, warnings, sage advice before pulling the pipe off the head?  Is it common to break the studs?

92657[/snapback]

 

Remember to have any "loose but attached" bits on the correct side of the bung before you weld it on. Check twice, weld once......