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cheapnewb24 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1373 Virginia Gender:	Exhaust Wrap as gasket? 12/29/15 at 11:32:17 Can exhaust wrap also be used as a gasket/filler material? How well does it guard against burns compared to the stock set up? Does it work as well as the stock guards?
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Exhaust Wrap as gasket? Reply #1 - 12/29/15 at 16:54:22 Why would you want to do that? Just get the proper gasket.
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cheapnewb24 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1373 Virginia Gender:	Re: Exhaust Wrap as gasket? Reply #2 - 12/29/15 at 18:20:39 Ugghhh!..... Because I was thinking of doing the Dyna muffler mod. Is the tin can gasket a better idea? What kind of gasket are you talking about? My Dad is doing a similar thing with his Shadow. What other products would do the job well? What size of muffler clamp do I need? I don't even know what color wrap I want yet .
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Reply #3 - 12/29/15 at 18:50:14

I covered my muffler joint at the header with 500-deg high temp silicone and then wrapped it in aluminum foil. Another thin coat of silicone to hold the foil together while I wrapped all of that in thin sheet metal. The tin can method didn't work for me. I think the can was too thick. Then I clamped it all together with stainless clamps I found at Home Depot. They're actually meant to clamp rubber to PVC but they ARE stainless and have held up just fine for thousands of miles. I think they are 1-3/4". To check for a leak just hold a candle around the joint. The flame will tell you if the exhaust is escaping and blowing the flame.

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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Exhaust Wrap as gasket? Reply #4 - 12/29/15 at 19:01:22 It's called a shielded coupling. I don't remember whether or not I used the metal insert but I definitely pulled the rubber out. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Fernco-1-1-2-in-EPDM-Rubber-Shielded-Coupling-P300...
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Exhaust Wrap as gasket? Reply #5 - 12/31/15 at 20:34:47 Woodstove or fireplace door gasket. Flat rope type -or- ribbon putty type.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Exhaust Wrap as gasket? Reply #6 - 12/31/15 at 21:27:15 WD, that stuff is about 1/2" thick. Think it would still work?
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Re: Exhaust Wrap as gasket?
Reply #7 - 12/31/15 at 22:05:48

Kris01 wrote on 12/31/15 at 21:27:15:

WD, that stuff is about 1/2" thick. Think it would still work?

I can get it here as thin as 1/16". Old time (real) hardware store. Can also get off cuts at a local foundry/forge/fab shop.

You need to go at least 1/32" thicker than the ring on the pipe. Affix with wire. Force muffler onto pipe, material compresses and forms a true tight seal.

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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Exhaust Wrap as gasket? Reply #8 - 12/31/15 at 22:30:14 Excellent idea! I've used the stuff before (not as an exhaust gasket) but didn't know you could get it so thin.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28663 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Exhaust Wrap as gasket? Reply #9 - 01/01/16 at 08:15:01 If you want to avoid the can cutting,.. I would try aluminum foil... When I have to do it again, that's the way I'm going...
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Re: Exhaust Wrap as gasket?
Reply #10 - 01/01/16 at 12:30:26

Kris01 wrote on 12/29/15 at 18:50:14:

I covered my muffler joint at the header with 500-deg high temp silicone and then wrapped it in aluminum foil. Another thin coat of silicone to hold the foil together while I wrapped all of that in thin sheet metal. The tin can method didn't work for me. I think the can was too thick. Then I clamped it all together with stainless clamps I found at Home Depot. They're actually meant to clamp rubber to PVC but they ARE stainless and have held up just fine for thousands of miles. I think they are 1-3/4". To check for a leak just hold a candle around the joint. The flame will tell you if the exhaust is escaping and blowing the flame.

Yep. Works great with no leaks. I never could get the can method to stop leaking.

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