I got some better muffler clamps, I'll get some pics when I put on the new clamps.
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These have worked very well for me and they don't break the bank.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08P5J7Y91/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08P5J7Y91/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
Not as wide but may be ok.
I like the wider ones because they will cover almost all of the slit in the muffler.
I like the wider ones because they will cover almost all of the slit in the muffler.
Picture lies, they're the same width as the amazon clamps.
Have you bought them before?
Cool, should work great!
you made me do it 5T ;^) cleaned up some more, a clamp bolt hole drilled and tapped. Bracket now rattle canned satin black.
The diameter of the disk at the bolt is kinda big but I had the 1/4" slugs in the bins.
Note the footpeg mount and the strap that slides into the muffler bracket are not parallel. the muffler's cone shape needs an angle to the mount as the strap heads back. Getting the vertical member offset in the right spot to clear the muffler's radius while sliding in the bracket took a couple tries.
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Very similar to how I mounted Commando's on my XS2 except I used aluminum with no welding.
Very nice. So, you did drill and tap a bolt hole in the insert? Good idea. I wouldn't trust just the muffler to headpipe clamp to hold it on. Many years ago, while riding out in the country, my buddy blew a muffler off his Norton. We found it out in a farmer's field, lol.
Pay no attention to the hole with the busted off tap in it.
Am I the only one that is always oh just a little smaller hole will give me better formed threads?
Pay no attention to the hole with the busted off tap in it.
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Am I the only one that is always oh just a little smaller hole will give me better formed threads?
You aren’t alone. I try and hang them around my working space to ward of future…enthusiasm.
In aluminum, maybe, in steel, not so much, in my experience. Looks like we have similar experience?Pay no attention to the hole with the busted off tap in it.
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Am I the only one that is always oh just a little smaller hole will give me better formed threads?
I'll be doing this reinforcement/fix to a couple of early fenders soon, hopefully.
It took me a while to figure out what the rod coupling is for, but I finally did. Due to the weld build-up, the attachment stud on the fender stay loop will be too short, and this was your way of lengthening it, without molesting the fender stay loop.
Yes, 4 stars! Turned down the hex on the far end so it would fit inside the collar and reach to the stud. I did it on the lathe. But could easily be done chucked in a drill and held against a bench grinder wheel... I prolly shortened it so it doesn't get close to the tire.