Exaust can removal?

[Ed209]

Hi all, bought a Y piece and carbon can a while back to fit to my 1150GS ADV. Had a go at fitting it but struggling to get the can off. There is a stainless cover over the join and although Ive undone the clamp bolt and the main clamp, the can is solid. Am i missing another clamp somewhere? Cheers in advance. Steve

 

[ELIMINATOR]

I seem to remember when I took mine off that it required a lot of wiggling about to loosen it off, quite a tight fit between the cat outlet and the silencer inlet.

 

[Hong Kong Nick]

+ 1 for needing lots of wiggling and straining ...

... plus skinned knuckles and rather too many uses of the 'F***' word !

I did it myself and there were more than a few times where I was wiggling so much that I thought the bike would come off the main stand! Spray copious ammounts of WD 40 too, leaving overnight ...

GOOD LUCK

Nick

 

[Ed209]

Yep all of that true. Except the skinned knuckles- got a black mans pinch instead. (Can you still use that term?) Its a real nightmare getting the y peice and can on though. The y peice is quite slack on the front pipes and had to use shims between the clamp and pipe to get it to tighten. The bend in the y peice is also quite close to a bolt on the bottom of the rear shock. Went to fit the can and that is pretty loose on the pipe too and so I buggered up the clamp trying to tighten it So got to find a new clamp tomorrow Another problem is the strap that came with the can is no where near to lining up with the original can mount arggggggg..... Ill just have to use a rubber strap or something unless someone hase come across this before? I need a