OK. I now have the said exhaust eliminator tubes. A PM will be sent soon to those that have shown an interest on this thread for these. I only have 10 tubes and these are spoken for. Those requesting one are;
Old Wobbly x1
Oldcroc x1
cjw x1
Apw x1
Windy Chuffer x1
Pedro x1
Wilsdorf x2
Marks Adventure x1
Stonehenge x1
Anyone on the list NOT requiring one, please let me know asap.
The tubes are stainless steel and have been cut to 70mm long. The original dimension of 68mm was thought to be too short. They have been cut off on a lathe so are nice and square although there is a sharp rag from the machining that needs to be filed off.
The tools required for fitting, a rubber mallet, T45, T30 and T20 drivers and said tube.
First job, remove the silencer retaining bolt (T45)
Then the two clamps holding the valve. Also T45. After a bit of a wiggle and tugging, you should have something like this.
The valve will be hanging loose whilst the silencer can be placed on the workbench. The tube is knocked into the end of the silencer with the rubber mallet until it can go no further. Mine was tight but went in easily after a slight chamfer was put on the rim of the tube.
Nip the clamp on the silencer slightly and after fastening the exhaust valve up out of the way, wiggle and push the silencer and tube back onto the end of the exhaust.
Even the clamps up at the bottom of the exhuast an nip up the clamps and the silencer retaining bolt. Poor picture but you get the meaning. Thats that bit done.
Next, remove the servo mounting bolt (T30), remove the electric plug and remove the servo. Its on the left hand side. My screw doubles up and holds the tax disc holder.
You should end up with something looking like this.
Remove the two T20 screws on the cover.
It should now look like this.
Remove the two cables and replace the cover. Refit the servo unit back onto the bike, plug the sparks back in and go for a ride. Job done.
For those contemplating removing the cat, I have taken a picture of what you can see in the end of the exhaust. This shows the cat matrix which needs to be knocked out with judicious use of hammer and chisel type implements.
The wieght of the tube v the weight of the valve.
I believe that a fault code will show up on diagnostics only. Nothing has shown up on the dash, so all is well.
