wachikinow
New Member
I've gotten plenty of help from you guys already for a few years. Which I thank you for, but I've finally ran into a snag and couldn't find much info on it. So here is my first post.
The bike is a 2009 FZ6R.
I had to replace an oil related part, which required me to remove the (stock) exhaust. Everything was going smoothly, but I cannot get these headers lined up properly to save my life! I just can't get those bastards to go in any further!
I've tried a few times times already thinking "Yes! Finally!", I start her up and by the sound of it I can tell there's an exhaust leak. I gave a small rev to make sure, and she poots herself to sleep.
As for the method I'm using, I grease up the gaskets so they'll stay up in the exhaust port. I have a friend or jack support the unattached muffler while I line up the headers. We jiggle it around to make sure it is surely positioned correctly. Then I hand tighten all the nuts, you know, going a little bit on each one until they're all tight. Then the muffler bolts are hand tightened, and then the header flange nuts are tightened to the 14ft/lb spec.
What sort of tips do you guys have for this?
Thanks a lot, everyone!
The bike is a 2009 FZ6R.
I had to replace an oil related part, which required me to remove the (stock) exhaust. Everything was going smoothly, but I cannot get these headers lined up properly to save my life! I just can't get those bastards to go in any further!
I've tried a few times times already thinking "Yes! Finally!", I start her up and by the sound of it I can tell there's an exhaust leak. I gave a small rev to make sure, and she poots herself to sleep.
As for the method I'm using, I grease up the gaskets so they'll stay up in the exhaust port. I have a friend or jack support the unattached muffler while I line up the headers. We jiggle it around to make sure it is surely positioned correctly. Then I hand tighten all the nuts, you know, going a little bit on each one until they're all tight. Then the muffler bolts are hand tightened, and then the header flange nuts are tightened to the 14ft/lb spec.
What sort of tips do you guys have for this?
Thanks a lot, everyone!