The easiest solution would be to buy a pipe expander and open up the socket-ends
to a satisfactory fit with the spigot ends.
Or take the whole to a "pipe shop", which would have that sort of equipment
anyway;
the work wouldn't take them more than a few minutes.
Duncan McFadyean
On Friday, August 16, 2002 6:38 PM, Peter Davis [SMTP:pm.davis@ntlworld.com]
wrote:
>
> Just a 'trawl' to see if others have had similar problems.
>
> I bought a new stainless steel exhaust system for my 'classic' and found
> that the stub pipes were tight. One so tight that I couldn't get it out
> again. Luckily I was workshop fitting it and it wasn't on the 'plane,
> otherwise I would have been in real trouble.
>
> I decided that it was Europa's problem and took it along to them to get out.
> They ended up by cutting it out as all other attempts failed. All the stub
> pipes are a very tight fit and only go 3cm into the sleeves at best, whereas
> the full fit available is 5cm. At 3cm I don't think the springs will fit as
> the distance between the lugs is too long.
>
> Also, all the pipes are slightly oval which exacerbates the problem. I am
> having to try and make the pipes fit by working on the external and internal
> diameters as I cannot imagine I will be able to fit the system on the
> 'plane, especially as the silencer has to be joggled onto the two stubs from
> the rear cylinders in particular.
>
> Has anyone else had a similar problem? I have to say that the original
> non-stainless system fitted fine and is only being replaced due to
> corrosion - shame!
>
> Happy days,
>
> Peter Davis
>
> pm.davis@ntlworld.com
>
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