Shaving down a link pipe to make a exhaust work?
Shaving down a link pipe to make a exhaust work?
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anonymous-user

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84 months

Thursday 1st June 2023
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podman

9,084 posts

270 months

Thursday 1st June 2023
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Worth a try…or even better, get a machine shop to swage it.

Onelastattempt

527 posts

77 months

Thursday 1st June 2023
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I once bodged a Micron end can into a link pipe by cutting two slots in the link pipe with a dremel. Used a small lever bar to open up the link pipe and some exhaust assembly paste and forced the end can in. I put an exhaust clamp on and once tightened up it sealed perfectly, when I sold it six months later it was still on and I told the guy buying it what I had done and he was happy with it.

catso

16,492 posts

297 months

Friday 2nd June 2023
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If you can find a short length of pipe of the correct diameter to fit over both, cut a couple of slots and large clips around it, might be a good solution. Better yet weld it on to one side, slip into the other.

I think you'll find it difficult to remove even 0.5mm evenly enough to be a good fit.

KTMsm

28,982 posts

293 months

Friday 2nd June 2023
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Onelastattempt said:
cutting two slots in the link pipe
This is the easy option ^^^