Exhausts not level

dazthephot · Jul 24, 2015

A bit anal I know but it's always bugged me that the exhausts aren't level when you look at my bike from the rear. The right hand silencer is about 40mm higher than the left.
I've tried loosing the hanger bolts and pushing one down whilst pulling the other up then tightening but no joy.
Anyone else got this and sorted it?

dazthephot · Jul 24, 2015

Maybe 25mm to be honest

stormtrooper · Jul 24, 2015

It because you have suzuki on your number plate [emoji23][emoji23]
Are the OE cans ? Try twisting link pipes slightly ?

RSV_Ecosse · Jul 24, 2015

Yep, loosen bolts/springs at link pipes and also at hangers then rotate the link pipes slightly until you can see how its going to move. It's just as difficult to get right on a Gen 1 RSV, my 2-2 gives me OCD nightmares all the time - right side can still not sitting correctly:-

dazthephot · Jul 24, 2015

stormtrooper said:
It because you have suzuki on your number plate [emoji23][emoji23]
Are the OE cans ? Try twisting link pipes slightly ?

Ha ha I must change that forthwith!

dazthephot · Jul 24, 2015

RSV_Ecosse said:
Yep, loosen bolts/springs at link pipes and also at hangers then rotate the link pipes slightly until you can see how its going to move. It's just as difficult to get right on a Gen 1 RSV, my 2-2 gives me OCD nightmares all the time - right side can still not sitting correctly:-

Bugs the buggery out of me! Cheers I'll give it a go.

dazthephot · Jul 24, 2015

stormtrooper said:
It because you have suzuki on your number plate [emoji23][emoji23]
Are the OE cans ? Try twisting link pipes slightly ?

Yes mate OE cans.

dazthephot · Jul 27, 2015

Not far off. All springs off, bolts loosened and a fair bit of swearing and farting has got them within a few mill.

dazthephot · Jul 27, 2015

ride4fun · Jul 30, 2015

Looks good, and you can do it all again when you put some proper pipes on.hehe

dazthephot · Jul 30, 2015

Ha ha I'll put them on my wish list

Wigginsjp · Aug 4, 2015

Always worth checking plate is straight as well as the ground it is on it level. I can't get mine perfect. Aftermarket are much harder than OE to get straight and most race pipes will move about when your giving it some.
Also if you have aftermarket hangers your can enlarge the bolt hole slightly by 1mm. Then one can be pushed down 0.5mm and one moved up 0.5mm. Provided they are bolted up they won't move about at the bolt even if it is 'floating' in the bolt hole.

dazthephot · Aug 4, 2015

There's so many pivot points it makes it hard to even it all out. Ultimately if the down pipe isn't straight then no end of twisting the collector and subsequent connections will make the pipes symmetrical. It's better than it was so I will come back to it another day.

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