Silencer Removal??? 2005 1200GS

[robnobrakes]

Some expert help required please...

The Motad collectors arrived yesterday (cheers jonnyboy). Trouble is, the stainless steel clamp securing the silencer from the stock collector cannot be budged. I cannot loosen it from around the exhaust pipe (using a hammer, WD40 etc...). The stock collector and silencer pipes also look to be welded together with rust. Is there a magic way of parting them without causing damage?

 

[Wapping]

Some expert help required please...

The Motad collectors arrived yesterday (cheers jonnyboy). Trouble is, the stainless steel clamp securing the silencer from the stock collector cannot be budged. I cannot loosen it from around the exhaust pipe (using a hammer, WD40 etc...). The stock collector and silencer pipes also look to be welded together with rust. Is there a magic way of parting them without causing damage?

WD 40 does not free rust.

Soak it well, maybe over night, with something like Plus Gas.

http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/details.php?cat=Penetrating%20Oils&product=30700Here

You can try drifting (tapping) it off with a suitable sized piece of wood and and a hammer.

Still stuck? Try heating (carefully, Plus Gas burns) with a small blow torch and re-hit with the drift.

It will come off in the end.

 

[robnobrakes]

Cheers Wapping. Job done. Plus Gas is magic.