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cobra mating problem
Posted: Wed May 09, 2001 12:53 pm
by jhillstrom@yahoo.com
Is there some trick to mounting a muffler. The clamp I have doesn't
seem to squeeze the front of the Cobra enough to make a tight seal
(as in the Cobra seems really big compared to the stock thing it
mates with)...
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
John
A2 under construction
cobra mating problem
Posted: Wed May 09, 2001 2:04 pm
by Swede
Did you use the factory exhaust donut/gasket? If you can't get it
out of the stock muffler, they aren't that expensive at the dealer.
"Swede" --- In DSN_klr650@y..., jhillstrom@y... wrote:
> Is there some trick to mounting a muffler. The clamp I have
doesn't
> seem to squeeze the front of the Cobra enough to make a tight seal
> (as in the Cobra seems really big compared to the stock thing it
> mates with)...
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
> A2 under construction
cobra mating problem
Posted: Wed May 09, 2001 2:14 pm
by Zachariah Mully
John-
The Cobra exhaust install is pretty tricky... First remove the Cobra
from the bike, then carefully wrap it back up and stick it back in the
box. Either send it back or shelve it and pawn it off on another
unsuspecting lister in the future. Replace with the stock muffler. When
Tweety calls, call Bogdan for concise instructions on how to dispatch
Sylvester after Tweety. Revel in the glory of a stainless steel exhaust
system that is quiet, reliable and does not self-destruct after 3,000
miles. Learn to refer to it as "the time I almost installed the
Crapbra".
------------------
Zack
Banana Republic of Washington, DC
KLR650A5 "Buster"
ZG1000A1
1966 Vespa 125
COG #4664
-----Original Message-----
From: jhillstrom@... [mailto:jhillstrom@...]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:53 PM
To:
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Subject: [DSN_klr650] Cobra mating problem
Is there some trick to mounting a muffler. The clamp I have doesn't
seem to squeeze the front of the Cobra enough to make a tight seal
(as in the Cobra seems really big compared to the stock thing it
mates with)...
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
John
A2 under construction
cobra mating problem
Posted: Wed May 09, 2001 2:26 pm
by jhillstrom@yahoo.com
Zach,
You make many interesting, amusing, and cogent points here... but
you're failing to note that the Cobra is shiny and the stock one is
black.
I like shiny things.
-John
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Zachariah Mully" wrote:
> John-
> The Cobra exhaust install is pretty tricky... First remove
the Cobra
> from the bike, then carefully wrap it back up and stick it back in
the
> box. Either send it back or shelve it and pawn it off on another
> unsuspecting lister in the future. Replace with the stock muffler.
When
> Tweety calls, call Bogdan for concise instructions on how to
dispatch
> Sylvester after Tweety. Revel in the glory of a stainless steel
exhaust
> system that is quiet, reliable and does not self-destruct after
3,000
> miles. Learn to refer to it as "the time I almost installed the
> Crapbra".
>
> ------------------
> Zack
> Banana Republic of Washington, DC
> KLR650A5 "Buster"
> ZG1000A1
> 1966 Vespa 125
> COG #4664
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhillstrom@y... [mailto:jhillstrom@y...]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:53 PM
> To: DSN_klr650@y...
> Subject: [DSN_klr650] Cobra mating problem
>
>
> Is there some trick to mounting a muffler. The clamp I have doesn't
> seem to squeeze the front of the Cobra enough to make a tight seal
> (as in the Cobra seems really big compared to the stock thing it
> mates with)...
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
> A2 under construction
cobra mating problem
Posted: Wed May 09, 2001 2:36 pm
by John Lyon
John:
I would try Swede's suggestion first and use the factory exhaust
donut/gasket. Is the clamp too big? (i.e.: no more threads showing between
the clamp ends). If so, you can get a smaller clamp or buy a exhaust bushing
at Pep Boys for about 2 bucks and place it over the end of the front section
of the Cobra and then put the provided clamp around the bushing (the bushing
increases the outside diameter of the exhaust pipe at the mating point with
the header). This is what I had to do with my Laser Pro Duro.
John
Is there some trick to mounting a muffler. The clamp I have doesn't
seem to squeeze the front of the Cobra enough to make a tight seal
(as in the Cobra seems really big compared to the stock thing it
mates with)...
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
John
A2 under construction
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cobra mating problem
Posted: Wed May 09, 2001 2:37 pm
by Dale Johnson
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Swede" wrote:
> Did you use the factory exhaust donut/gasket? If you can't get it
> out of the stock muffler, they aren't that expensive at the dealer.
>
> "Swede"
--snip
I had mine disintegrate also , so I bought a small piece of pipe that
fit over the pipe and into the exhaust, cut some lines in it with a
dremmel, and used a muffler clamp on it..
Can you say "jerry rig" or is that American ingenuity?
Dale
cobra mating problem
Posted: Wed May 09, 2001 3:22 pm
by les123@home.com
Camels, seals, wolfmens, and now cobras. Where will it all end?
I believe the term is jerry-built (badly) or jury-rig (improvised).
Jerry rig has non PC implications due to its similarity to jerri-curl.
Dave
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Dale Johnson" wrote:
> Can you say "jerry rig" or is that American ingenuity?
> Dale
cobra mating problem
Posted: Wed May 09, 2001 9:42 pm
by Swede
John, you have a problem with getting your hands stuck in things,
don't you? "Swede"
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., jhillstrom@y... wrote:
> Zach,
>
> You make many interesting, amusing, and cogent points here... but
> you're failing to note that the Cobra is shiny and the stock one is
> black.
>
> I like shiny things.
>
> -John
cobra mating problem
Posted: Wed May 09, 2001 9:51 pm
by Swede
Dale, um...er, I was talking about the exhaust disintegrating, but
did have one or two of the donuts, side panel, fender, and fender
skirt die in the Crapbra exchange fiasco.
"Swede" --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Dale Johnson" wrote:
> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Swede" wrote:
> > Did you use the factory exhaust donut/gasket? If you can't get it
> > out of the stock muffler, they aren't that expensive at the
dealer.
> >
> > "Swede" --snip
> I had mine disintegrate also , so I bought a small piece of pipe
that
> fit over the pipe and into the exhaust, cut some lines in it with a
> dremmel, and used a muffler clamp on it..
>
> Can you say "jerry rig" or is that American ingenuity?
>
>
> Dale