Fitting Fuel exhaust - help please.

ok, just got my new fuel, fitting now, about to start the cutting :s

BUT flicking through the instructions it says "put small amount of sealant in inlet pipe"... doesn't say what type of sealant etc

so... will silicone do? is it heat resistant?
or if not, what should i use???
is it necessary?!

cheers!!

ps it's a pointy SV

You will probably be ok to use............................nothing.

Lots of people have fitted new cans and not used a sealant. Me incuded.

[wattyfred89]

Hello....I have a feul end can and i read that after i fitted it...Ha

... so i went out and got some and fitted it twice.........just dug out what i used.....its called HOLTS FIREGUM its just a heat proof exhaust assembly sealant.

[L3nny]

I've had a Fuel end can on my bike for about 5 months now and never bothered with sealent. It'll be reet

if that bothered, gun gum is the exhaust sealant. You'll be in the minority who use it though.

I was told that the best way to put sealant on is to heat the end of the open pipe (the bit you've cut to fit the new slip-on link pipe over), then wet it. Then apply the sealant.

This way, it creates a seal on the end of the pipe and expands before you fit the link pipe over.

I found when I used firegum without doing this that it just all expanded and came out of the gaps in the end of the link pipe assembly, so didn't really make much of a seal...

[Spanner Man]

Good evening all.

Believe it or not bathroom RTV type sealant is pretty good on exhaust can joints, & it's cheap too! Just a thin smear is all you need.


Cheers.

all 4 of my fuel exhausts have nothing sealing them at all - machining is so good its a friction fit

Originally Posted by GavinD

all 4 of my fuel exhausts have nothing sealing them at all - machining is so good its a friction fit

you have 4 fuel exhausts on you bike?