Trouble removing the exhaust
 

Pointy one, if that makes a difference.

I need to get the exhaust off. The only way I can see to do it is to separate the front header from the main part. But it's stuck fast. Anyone any ideas?

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I've got plusgas on it overnight but I doubt that'll make any difference.

Re: Trouble removing the exhaust
 

You can pull the front section out when you have the header removed. Slowly/gently twist the header pipe side to side whilst pulling it towards the front of the bike. If you can, have some one with a plastic mallet/rag hammer hitting the joint to help release it.

Re: Trouble removing the exhaust
 

As DJ said.
It is possible to do it in one if you undo all the connections on the system and give it a welly with mallet.

Iirc knock the front at the second bend from the header it should come out

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Re: Trouble removing the exhaust
 

Heat the joint up with a blow torch helps too.

Re: Trouble removing the exhaust
 

Right - Bacon and sausage sandwich with a mug of tea - Done! My loins are properly girded.

Wish me luck!

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Ok - it's off. But the previous owner had bodged in a helicoiled stud with metal epoxy and it snapped off. Well, came off in my hands actually, like the suspicious hand tight bolt when I undid it.

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How big a job is it to take the front head off? I'm guessing front off, radiator off and then is the head easy to remove or is it an engine out job?

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Oh that's irritating, are you going to put a new head on it then?

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I don't know.

Taking the head off would be a really big job for me - totally out of my comfort zone.

A replacement could be £20 on e-bay and a gasket and some sundries. And a lot of my time. Most of which I'd not be comfortable with.

I *could* bodge it. It was bodged before....

I *could* take the head off, get it done properly and know the job's been done properly. I'd still be way out of my comfort zone re-assembling everything.

The bike's in for a service at the end of the month. If they're doing the valve shims they'll possibly have most of it in bits anyway, so part of the labour to get the head off *may* be included. Then the job would be done properly and re-assembled by people who know what they're doing. But megabucks.

Right now I'm having a cup of tea and a tea cake. And a think. And a peruse of the manual.

I'll call the garage tomorrow and after they've stopped sniggering and planning for a second summer holiday I'll get an estimate.


Am I allowed to say ********?

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It seems I'm not allowed to say ********...

Re: Trouble removing the exhaust
 

Could that piece be jb welded on? What's the worst that could happen.