Exhaust/ End can help

metamorphpwner · 16 Jun 2012 at 12:03

When i got my bike (ZX6r F3) it had a micron end can on it and i was also supplied with a remus end can for MOT purposes. The end cans are just slip/bolt on cans and i had no problem changing to the remus can, all went on nice and easy.

This morning I've changed it back to the Micron can and i've tightend up the 3 bolts, but it's blowing a bit from near the bottom bolt. like when fitting the remus all i have done again is removed one and fitted the other.

Should i be changing/adding a gasket or is their something else i can do?

wazza300 · 16 Jun 2012 at 12:19

you can buy a cork gasket one you cut yourself or put some exhaust paste around it,it will harden and seal the gap

ElliorR · 16 Jun 2012 at 12:20

I'm no expert, no really I'm not, but it sounds like you need a gasket.

4T5 · 16 Jun 2012 at 12:22

How does the end can go on ? If it slips on and the 3 screws are screwed in to nip onto the pipe then your pipe may be slightly distorted from when you tightened the other can. Have a look down the pipe & see if you can knock it out a bit if you get me.

If it is 2 rings that meet then take the can off & tap the pipe ring out a tad.

metamorphpwner · 16 Jun 2012 at 12:26

4T5 said:
How does the end can go on ? If it slips on and the 3 screws are screwed in to nip onto the pipe then your pipe may be slightly distorted from when you tightened the other can. Have a look down the pipe & see if you can knock it out a bit if you get me.

If it is 2 rings that meet then take the can off & tap the pipe ring out a tad.

i will have to have a look at that then, when i swapped for the mot it was just a case of removing 3 bolts slipping one can off, putting the other on and replacing the bolts.

4T5 · 16 Jun 2012 at 12:30

Well I'd say because the other can was on for a while then the 2 mating surfaces have kind of moulded together creating a good fit so that when you put the old can back on the pipe end doesn't match up as it's been distorted by the other can it wears all the time. Hope that makes sense I'm a bit **** at getting my point over.

metamorphpwner · 16 Jun 2012 at 14:29

It seems the bolts where somehow too long for the exhaust now, exact same bolts from before but allowing a bit of exhaust gas to escape this time.
as you say, they could have moulded together before to make a good seal. I've managed to close the gap by adding an extra washer, although it doesn't look ideal i will have to try find new bolts for it.

pugheaven · 16 Jun 2012 at 22:07

Nice one, so a temp fix... This has me thinking, you swapping as you've got no baffle in your exhaust? I noticed on mine today, nothing in the pipe at all, which means MOT failure me thinks... ****!

Hector · 16 Jun 2012 at 23:22

Not always, a few of my local places will pass a loud pipe as long as they don't see a 'for race only' stamp.

metamorphpwner · 17 Jun 2012 at 07:19

Hector said:
Not always, a few of my local places will pass a loud pipe as long as they don't see a 'for race only' stamp.

My micron is stamped so i thought i'd swap it over just to be safe, but as my dad knows the guy who did my mot i have a feeling it has been more hassle than it was worth.

Ghosteh · 17 Jun 2012 at 12:25

It's stamped 'For Race Only'?

Weird how the bolts are too long though. I can understand about the two surfaces having some sort of grooving that has helped them mate together, but I wouldn't have thought it'd loosed so much surface that bolts were now too long!
Good suck in finding some replacement bolts

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