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allantheboss
11-01-10, 02:43 PM
How would one go about it?
yorkie_chris
11-01-10, 06:40 PM
IME it falls off on its own!
Holdup
11-01-10, 06:46 PM
Use a knife / blade to get the worst off then if u want to get it all off use autosol
allantheboss
11-01-10, 07:58 PM
Ok, with autosol disslove it to bits? Its sealed up tight between the pipes. Basically everything visible has already been chipped away, but there some inside which I need to get out, so I can change my exhaust. I tried just twisting the pipe to crack it, but it wouldn't budge..
Holdup
11-01-10, 08:01 PM
Oh i thought you meant you had the exhaust off already, in that case i dont know sorry
allantheboss
11-01-10, 08:03 PM
Nah, my apologies. I've got a hi-level pipe, firegummed' onto where I cut the original, but I can't fit my bazooka for an MOT at hi-level, so I'll need to take the link pipe off, but it's on there strong..
Holdup
11-01-10, 08:08 PM
Gently hit it with a hammer? wrap the link pipe in a old t shirt or something? might break it away a bit better then
allantheboss
11-01-10, 08:09 PM
Tried it.. Thank you none the less, please tell me if you discover a way!
Holdup
11-01-10, 08:11 PM
WD40 and just keep twisting it then, im sure it will come off eventlually
Sally
11-01-10, 11:48 PM
Get a good MOT tester?
speedplay
12-01-10, 08:45 AM
Get a good MOT tester?

+1 I've never had a problem going for an MOT with a sports can.
carternd
13-01-10, 12:14 AM
Don't heat it - on my old bike the link pipe cracked off just past the end of the can through vibration, tried blowtorching the damn thing to loosen it, but it just hardened up the gum/wire pack it was held on with. Had to peel back the clampy bit at the end of the can like a banana skin. It looked bloody s**te when it went back(TBF so did the beer-can repair to the link-pipe!) Can you ask at a bike shop?
Spiderman
13-01-10, 12:22 AM
IME it falls off on its own!

same experience here. Give it a couple of months of riding and watch it crumble to dust and disappear.
Sally
13-01-10, 12:30 PM
same experience here. Give it a couple of months of riding and watch it crumble to dust and disappear.

Hes needs it off for a MOT silly :)
allantheboss
13-01-10, 07:50 PM
Yeah, luckily my MOT is in September, so.. I HOPE MY EXHAUST FALLS OFF MID-JOURNEY!
Spiderman
13-01-10, 08:08 PM
mine used to do that and pivot on the can hanger strap...and sound like i was riding a motoGP bike. Woohoo!
sunshine
13-01-10, 09:10 PM
mine used to do that and pivot on the can hanger strap...and sound like i was riding a motoGP bike. Woohoo!

But you used to let it do that just for the sound, how does a bike fail for having loud pipes my tester complains if he cant hear the engine enough but theres no code to give you an advisory for being too quiet!
Spiderman
13-01-10, 10:19 PM
But you used to let it do that just for the sound,

only sometimes ;)
yorkie_chris
14-01-10, 11:11 AM
My link pipe dropped off occasionally and even by direct comparison to a stubby can with no packing at all it was OTT! Rattled your brain through earplugs lol