exhaust clamshell thingies

Good morning all. This morning I decided to tackle my annoying leaking exhaust ticks. So now I have pieces parts laying all over my driveway. When I started wirebrushing those clamshells, I noticed that some are stamped from a thicker guage steel. And the thinner ones are somewhat deformed.
Anybody know where I can get another set made from the thicker material? Maybe even Stainless? I didn't see any on Jeff's site.

I see those things on E-Bay steadily. Not sure about the thickness of the metal but there are various sizes for different applications.

kzcsi

Grab Your Wallet! :ohmy:


Edit -- Try again

Hating the Friken Little Red X


Edit #2 -- one last time, if all else fails, just go to Redlinecycle.com and navigate from there to the exhaust parts.

Edit #3 -- So just type redlinecycle.com in the browser address box and click on go. Then navigate.


Post edited by: Patton, at: 2007/08/05 13:46

Post edited by: Patton, at: 2007/08/05 13:50

Post edited by: Patton, at: 2007/08/05 13:56

riverroad wrote:

Good morning all. This morning I decided to tackle my annoying leaking exhaust ticks. So now I have pieces parts laying all over my driveway. When I started wirebrushing those clamshells, I noticed that some are stamped from a thicker guage steel. And the thinner ones are somewhat deformed.
Anybody know where I can get another set made from the thicker material? Maybe even Stainless? I didn't see any on Jeff's site.

Usually the split collars are okay to reinstall.

Would always use new copper crush gaskets.

My preferred procedure for reinstalling the headers is to first carefully clean the engine exhaust recess area (q-tips and acetone works) and use a little Permatex hi-temp on new copper crush gaskets. Put the new gasket into place and the thin coating of Permatex (in a clean recess) holds it handily in place. Let it set up a little. Okay to put another thin coating on outside surface of new crush gasket

Thanks to the crush gaskets remaining in place, it's now possible to more easily manipulate the split collars and clamps into position (without masking tape or rubber bands on the split collars), and without gaskets, collar halves and clamps all escaping and falling all over the place.

The Permatex secures the seal between gasket and engine and between gasket and header flange.

So easy. So quick. No TICK TICK TICK. :woohoo:



Post edited by: Patton, at: 2007/08/05 16:36

DAAAAAaaam! Those are expensive!
I ended up just straightening them up with a little hammer and file work. Someone had cinched them down somehow and half of them weren't even seated it the recesses of the flanges right. I'm suprised they didn't leak any worse than they did. I went to O Reily's and bought some of that K&W copper coat gasket spoodge, so I'll do the red silicone thing next time. This time I'll just do the rubber band thing.
Still don't know why there's two different thicknesses though.
Well It's almost 100 degrees on my driveway and I gots to get this done. So I'll be coming up with a few new words I'm sure.
Thanks Patton.

riverroad wrote:

...This time I'll just do the rubber band thing....

Smells like . . . Victory!

I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning...afternoon...anytime.
Got er DONE. Piece a cake! (lots easier than my old 750F)
THANKS! Goin for a test ride...:woohoo: