While preparing an OEM muffler set for installation on Project 18 I devised a way to make my life just a little easier. These old systems can be a real bear to remove, and even harder to reinstall. Something that would really help is to expand the female joint before sliding onto the header pipes.
Here's one of the pipes in question, and what happened to the old exhaust gasket when removing it.
Here's one of the pipes in question, and what happened to the old exhaust gasket when removing it.
This is my homemade tool, which is the same black gas pipe I use to drive steering head bearings into place. The cut threads on these pipes are slightly tapered, so tapping the pipe into the muffler opening gently expands the opening.
Here's a fresh gasket in place in the expanded opening. When installing the mufflers, I slip the new gaskets onto the exhaust pipes and slide the mufflers in place. Even with the expanded openings this can be a pushing and shoving match. It's never an easy chore.
The clamps are right & left specific, so be sure to get them oriented correctly before installing the mufflers.
With everything test fitted, the black muffler pipes can be sanded and painted. Job done.
The clamps are right & left specific, so be sure to get them oriented correctly before installing the mufflers.
With everything test fitted, the black muffler pipes can be sanded and painted. Job done.
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