05-06-2019, 12:05 AM
(05-05-2019, 11:39 PM)Houtman_imp Wrote: If you had a angle grinder or normal grinder you could have ground down the ring spanner to make it fit. Is the clamp too big and therefor you can not tight it down enough or does it need a gasket in between the ring and exhaust , I do not know precisely what you mean with not being able to tighten the ring. This is only to help you and not mend to insult you but having the right tools available will prevent a lot of frustration and extra cost when working on your bike/car.
i agree with that sentiment, and I made every effort to buy the right tools along with the parts, but nobody mentioned the O2 Sensor tool. it seems to have conveniently slipped everybody's mind i guess. I would have gladly bought one, but as it is now, i'm stuck with a disassembled bike and it's too late to buy one. it's too late to buy an angle grinder or any of that mess. the budget is set and the purchase is made. the only thing to do now is find a way to make things work with what I have.
at any rate, the O2 sensor issue is solved, albeit in a kind of a brutal way.
As for the muffler...it installs perfectly on the stock headers. it installs just as perfectly as the stock muffler did. these new headers are intended to install just fine with the stock muffler as well. However, for some reason my muffler and the new headers just won't make a secure connection.
There's no gasket or other part that came with either the header or the muffler, nor was there one used to make a secure connection between this muffler and the stock headers, so i can only assume that neither is needed. it's as if the titanium is just....i don't know...more slippery? is it possible for a muffler to get "worn out" so that it can't be reinstalled on a new header?