Exhaust link pipe clamps - torque?
 

Fitted my Beowulf stubby to my sv last night!! :):cool:

Before I get round to firing her up for the first time tho...

is there a specific torque I need to tighten the link pipe clamps up to?

The Haynes manual says 23Nm for all exhaust bolts and was gonna tighten the clamps to that, but just to check it's ok...

Hope it sounds good!

Cheers loads :)

Re: Exhaust link pipe clamps - torque?
 

Til its nice and hand tight is enough, don't try over doing it as you will strip the thread on the clamp!

Re: Exhaust link pipe clamps - torque?
 

yes you dont need 2 go overly tight on it!

;)

Re: Exhaust link pipe clamps - torque?
 

i just put a beowulf stubby on mine about 3 weeks ago - it sounds immense! I tightened the nuts until they were 'tight' i.e. tightening anymore would probably have sheared the bolts off. Once fitted, I took it for a run - 5 mins into the run I pulled over to make sure nothing was going to fall off. Then when I got home an hour later, I nipped all the bolts (one of which turned an extra half turn). Asside from that, there's nowt else to it :)

did you fire it up with no exhaust on at all?:smt077

Re: Exhaust link pipe clamps - torque?
 

Nah I didn't in the end :( I wanted to but by the time I'd hacked through the pipe it was 11 at night...didn't want to annoy the nieghbours...I should give it a try sometime tho, it would only take a little while to get the exhaust off now! :twisted:

Gonna be taking her for a ride this evening!

Cheers loads everyone :D

Re: Exhaust link pipe clamps - torque?
 

Tighten them till the pipe crushes flat, then back off one turn :D

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wise idea :) you would have annoyed plenty of them - it sounds ridiculous :D good choice on beowulf by the way - they really sound great

Re: Exhaust link pipe clamps - torque?
 

Aye, that they do - when I took it for a ride it was awesome! It pops when I change gear :D and you end up blipping the throttle at the traffic lights for the sake of it heh heh!

Minor point - do you have the gothic-type writing on the side of the zorst? The one I got has a different style on it, I'll try to post a pic if I get the chance. No complaints tho!

Next step - remove the baffle bwah hah ha :smt096