05-05-2019, 10:08 PM
I might have been able to cut a ring spanner if i wore one of my cutting wheels out completely, but the ring spanner is still too thick to wrap around the o2 sensor and be able to turn. It had to be a socket.
So here's my solution:
now any old 17mm deep socket fits right over it. simple. Obviously i've ruined a perfectly good O2 sensor, but i checked tirelessly with anybody who i thought would have knowledge on this procedure and and nobody once mentioned that highly specific special tool to remove the O2 sensor. With my bike in pieces i can't wait a week or a week and a half to order a tool. The good news is that I have no use for the O2 sensor. However, i still really strongly dislike ruining any of my original OEM parts for any reason.
Now on to the next disaster:
Everything is re-assembled and back in order. I just have one part left to put on. My muffler. Here's the catch though, for some reason it now will not clamp into place securely. even when i get it 100% perfectly seated into place on the end of the new collector, put the ring clamp in exactly the right spot, and tighten it down all the way until it won't tighten anymore, it still slips around and rotates. in fact, with one easy tug i can pull it right off. obviously I cannot run the bike like this, and i'm now sitting at home taking off work because my muffler still isn't installed.
So, what the heck am i doing wrong now? this muffler clamped down fast and secure and rode for many thousands of miles without budging even 1mm, but now all the sudden will not clamp properly??? Please tell me my only solution isn't to JBweld adhesive compound the thing permanently onto the header and create a 1-piece exhaust. can JBweld even bond titanium to steel?
So here's my solution:
now any old 17mm deep socket fits right over it. simple. Obviously i've ruined a perfectly good O2 sensor, but i checked tirelessly with anybody who i thought would have knowledge on this procedure and and nobody once mentioned that highly specific special tool to remove the O2 sensor. With my bike in pieces i can't wait a week or a week and a half to order a tool. The good news is that I have no use for the O2 sensor. However, i still really strongly dislike ruining any of my original OEM parts for any reason.
Now on to the next disaster:
Everything is re-assembled and back in order. I just have one part left to put on. My muffler. Here's the catch though, for some reason it now will not clamp into place securely. even when i get it 100% perfectly seated into place on the end of the new collector, put the ring clamp in exactly the right spot, and tighten it down all the way until it won't tighten anymore, it still slips around and rotates. in fact, with one easy tug i can pull it right off. obviously I cannot run the bike like this, and i'm now sitting at home taking off work because my muffler still isn't installed.
So, what the heck am i doing wrong now? this muffler clamped down fast and secure and rode for many thousands of miles without budging even 1mm, but now all the sudden will not clamp properly??? Please tell me my only solution isn't to JBweld adhesive compound the thing permanently onto the header and create a 1-piece exhaust. can JBweld even bond titanium to steel?