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30-04-09, 03:00 AM

Need to repack my exhaust at the weekend as it is annoyingly loud. Got me some packing a and a rivetter, but thought I'd check what size rivets do people use, before buying a big box of rivets.

Tool came with 4 adpaters:

3/32"
5/32"
1/8"
3/16"

Does it vary from exhaust to exhaust?

I'm a rivet virgin

rictus01 · 30-04-09, 03:44 AM

yes it does vary between exhausts, check the size you've got currently fitted (probably 3/16), and make sure to get steel rivets and not alu ones ( as they will wear very quickly and come loose).

Cheers Mark.

johnnyrod · 30-04-09, 11:21 AM

My Akrapovic has 3/16" i.e. 5mm ones. I went to the bother of finding stainless blind-ended ones, which you need to be the Hulk to use by comparison to ally ones. Had to repack the can just over a year later so am wondering if it was worth the bother of SS rivets!

PS. If you're drilling out the existing stainless ones, you could do with a cobalt tipped bit, keep the speed low (cordless drills are good for this) and splosh a bit of water on it - you need to keep the temperature down otherwise the stainless hardens and destroys your drill bit.

30-04-09, 03:00 AM	#1
lukemillar Guest Posts: n/a	Exhaust repacking Need to repack my exhaust at the weekend as it is annoyingly loud. Got me some packing a and a rivetter, but thought I'd check what size rivets do people use, before buying a big box of rivets. Tool came with 4 adpaters: 3/32" 5/32" 1/8" 3/16" Does it vary from exhaust to exhaust? I'm a rivet virgin

30-04-09, 03:44 AM	#2
rictus01 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South London Posts: 9,799	Re: Exhaust repacking yes it does vary between exhausts, check the size you've got currently fitted (probably 3/16), and make sure to get steel rivets and not alu ones ( as they will wear very quickly and come loose). Cheers Mark. __________________ Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!

30-04-09, 11:21 AM	#3
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,128	Re: Exhaust repacking My Akrapovic has 3/16" i.e. 5mm ones. I went to the bother of finding stainless blind-ended ones, which you need to be the Hulk to use by comparison to ally ones. Had to repack the can just over a year later so am wondering if it was worth the bother of SS rivets! PS. If you're drilling out the existing stainless ones, you could do with a cobalt tipped bit, keep the speed low (cordless drills are good for this) and splosh a bit of water on it - you need to keep the temperature down otherwise the stainless hardens and destroys your drill bit.

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