SV650S exhaust

Hi hoping someone out there can help me.

i am replacing the exhaust clamp which has rusted. It is the clamp
connecting the exhaust coming from the engine to the bit which joins
with the Y section. Sorry for the stupid description. Prob is - i
have taken off most of the old clamp - skinned knuckles n all - but
there is one piece left. It looks to have a screw innit or at least a
rounded bit still attaching itself to the exhaust. Dont know whither
just to take a hammer n screwdriver to it and chisel it off - or what.

Can anyone help - this is one hacked off bird trying to do something
soo easy, but its freaking me out.







SV650S K2
silver dream machine

 

SoloBabe says...

What does the new clamp look like£ Is there a corresponding round piece
or screw attached to that?

Before you go hacking lumps out of your bike you'll need to know if that
bit is there for a reason. Personally I'd use a Dremel rather than a
chisel to shift anything like that.

 

Can't say it's something I've tried myself but this lot are pretty helpful
about all things SV650 http://www.sv650.org/

 

Angle grinder

 

I've just been outside and have a little fiddle, although it was dark so
I couldn't see.

It seems to be that they've done the same on this as they did on the
Bandit, which means that the clip is actually welded to the exhaust at
the back.

What I did then was to break it off as close as I could (a liitle bit of
hacksaw and a lot of twisting, then flattened the remnants as best I
could. The new clip was then tightened in place over this.

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

My Bandits clip went to bits and the end of the collector box fell off,
so I had a new stainless steel end welded on and used a car exhaust
clamp.

Now, the pipe that goes into the collector box off the end can is
falling off.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (SoloBabe)
saying something like:

In some cases the old clamp might actually be part of the casing of the
silencer or in this instance part of the pipe or might seem that way if
it's been there for years. Only way to tell is to closely examine it and
see if it's been welded on, or if its removal won't affect the strength
of the pipe/silencer. If so, feel free to grind the fucker off and
replace it with a decent clamp.

Why aren't you in the kitchen making the tea?

 

The clamp is spot welded to the tube at the bottom. It might pop off if
hit just right, but an angle grinder would be a better choice.

 

lol Just as well i can make tea better than fixin bikes! Thanks for
all the replys - i will have a look at the exhaust later today.

although not having an angle grinder might not be a bad idea! if i
had one yesterday - the Chainsaw Massacre - would have been wee buns.

BTW I passed my test in Dec04 and bought this bike. Over here in NI
there is no CBT or DAS - just take some lessons on a 125cc - pass test
- and then buy anything so long as it is restricted to 33bhp! Bit
mad but that the way it is for now! That was the scariest day getting
on the 650 the day after it was delivered - the sound of it was
enought to strike fear into a heart already doing 7000 rmp. SFSG
working out ok - in fact the bike is brilliant - even if i am a bit
dim when it comes to doing any 'fixin'. Just gotta learn. I would
post a pic of it if i knew how.

Gotta get a 10mm spanner to get lower fairing off to get at it a bit
easier, and of course all the nuts have rusted at the bottome of the
fairing and they are turning with the nut - snags... always snags...


ty



SV650S K2
silver dream machine

 

Heh.. you don't want to have a go on a FZR250RR then.

 

I rotated mine around where the spot weld was, and it fell off. Only
needed a little cleaning up with a Dremmel after that.

 

Ahhh such a kind offer but i will decline. I like the growl of my SV.

 

Yeah! - success. The angle grinder is now my friend. New clamp
fitted. The lower fairing bolts were not for giving in easily - one
squeeled so much i decided to leave it alone, but I got the fairing
released enough to let the AG do its work. Out on the road tomorrow
for the NI Hospice ride.

 

Growl? From the stock system? Bwahahahahah, more like an angry sewing
machine.

Your ladyship needs a Yoshimura RS-3, now that's a growl.

--
Mike

SV650
UKRMMA#22
Skype: muddycat