god dam rivits!

right!!!

got a viper can was good til i had a low speed spil and one of the rivits came out and then they all fell out !!! ( at the end that conects to the exhaust)

so i thought fine il jsut more in! so i did n then they fell out did this again and same again so i thought slightly bigger ones in they fell out!

so today ive put 5mm ones in with a washer to, cus the can is pritty much destroyed! and i was thinking of drillin another 4 holes in too but ill do that on the week end!!

but has n e 1 else got any other ideals??? i was going to make it a stumpy can but the tube in the midle of the exhust needs to be weleded and i havnt got one of them so that wil have to w8 unless i can get a welder and all these problems wil be fixed as il jsut weld the end shut!

any ideals ? or shal i just get a welder or a renegade exhaust?!?!?!?

ta

[northwind]

Stainless rivets maybe? How tight is the can attached? It's vibrations that are killing the rivets, most likely, so little things like silicon sealant on the can ends, tighetning up the hanger, etc, could possibly make the difference.

How does the centre pipe fit? Welded into one end, loose at the other? Does it taper at all? That was teh fiddliest bit of shortying mine and Matt's cans, the centre tapers and so when you shorten it, it stops fitting.

FWIW, my can is held together with 2 rivets at each end, though it was designed for 6 each, and it's fine, just because it has hardly any movement in it, so it doesn't shake itself to bits.

wel i jsut went out and put the standard bot that holds the exhust on as i used the bolts given wiht the viper last time i made sure it was mega tight! and did ever bolt up

anything else ? thanks so far!

use sheet metal screws with a little epoxy on them instead of rivets?

Throw the can in the bin and get a proper one, you get what you pay for!!

[northwind]

...or you could do that But most of the fixes are dirt cheap and fairly easy, so it's maybe not quite at that point yet.

If it's any consolation, one of my full systems cost £100 and the all-titanium one was £250. The twin full system I had before was £250 and I sold it for enough to nearly pay for all 3. No, wait, that won't be a consolation at all Sometimes you get more than you pay for, sometimes you get less, especially in image-led biking circles.

Yes but Viper is complete tat, less than £50 trade for an alloy round can and if you take a new one apart there's not enough wadding to fill half the can, the end caps dont fit very well (hence rivetts fall out).....As I said you get what you pay for

[northwind]

Not disagreeing with you at all there. But they can be improved on, end cap fit can be sorted with 5 minutes and a £1.99 roll of exhaust tape, for example. Whether it's worth it or not is really down to Suz, I doubt I could be bothered.

Originally Posted by Robw#70

Throw the can in the bin and get a proper one, you get what you pay for!!

Indeed, Vipers are poo