Jack Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Hi all. Fitted new exhaust silencer and rear pipe to the Jimmy. The sound of that new exhaust is something else....but I can't get a great seal around the join of the down pipe entering the silencer. It is ok but not perfect :twisted: What would you advise I can use to seal it up or do I get a mother of all clamps and give it some muscle :twisted: Cheers Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Jack Did you use that grey exhaust gungey putty stuff? Used to get it in a metal tub but when I recently did the exhaust on the Hornet I found you can get it in a tube to use in one of the gun things like for fitting bathroom sealant. This is much better as you can really force the stuff into narrow places. I would undo or significantly loosen the joints. Try to wet the mating surfaces, then with the gun squeeze fat worms of the stuff ideally on both mating surfaces. Then tighten up, wipe away excess, maybe smooth the gunge with a dribbly finger THEN WALK AWAY. Leave it alone! Don't run the engine in case it blows the goo out. Leave it until tomorrow, so that it dries hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoshi Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Jack are you using a Bedford box? If so cutting and welding my be the best long term solution. How much clearance is there between pipe and box flange ? Much over 1/8th" will tend to blow exhaust gunge out over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 You could make a sleeve with another piece of pipe which fits over the frontpipe & inside the silencer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 7, 2006 Author Share Posted June 7, 2006 Jack are you using a Bedford box? If so cutting and welding my be the best long term solution. How much clearance is there between pipe and box flange ? Much over 1/8th" will tend to blow exhaust gunge out over time. Not sure Karoshi, it is from Rex........does that make any diffference? Doesn't blow a great deal but enough to annoy me - I would like a complete fit :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 7, 2006 Author Share Posted June 7, 2006 You could make a sleeve with another piece of pipe which fits over the frontpipe & inside the silencer. Oddball, this is me who you are talking to :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoshi Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Jack, I'm not sure what Rex is supplying, but for long term reliability the joint between exhaust box flange and its mating pipe, at either end, should be a nice "snug" fit. So fitting a sleeve as Oddball suggests or welding new ends on the box is the way to go, otherwise you'll only be doing it again in a few months time, by which time the fittings will have rusted up, and the job will become twice as hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 7, 2006 Author Share Posted June 7, 2006 Jack, I'm not sure what Rex is supplying, but for long term reliability the joint between exhaust box flange and its mating pipe, at either end, should be a nice "snug" fit. So fitting a sleeve as Oddball suggests or welding new ends on the box is the way to go, otherwise you'll only be doing it again in a few months time, by which time the fittings will have rusted up, and the job will become twice as hard. :cry: can't do that :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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