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The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => Accessories and modifications - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: twozsforme on June 01, 2011, 04:26:04 PM
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Hello everyone,
Recently I was attempting to remove my Area P carbon slipon and ran into a bit of trouble. I got the can off and the mounting clamps just fine but the mid pipe was siezed on to the end of the header. I sprayed PB Blaster on it as best I could and tapped on it while it soaked then I tried again to pull it off to no avail. Does anybody else have any ideas?? I really don't want to remove the header and I dont want to bang the header up too bad. I can't take a chance at damaging the cats because the bike is going to be sniffed for emissions when I get to Japan. Any help would be great.
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It's all 304 series stainless steel, so you should have no corrosion. Did it get dinged or something perhaps? The inlet has 3x slots that help compress it onto your collector when the clamp is tightened. You should simply be able to "wiggle" it back and forth slightly to help open it up and slide it off. You could also tap on the centerstand stop/bracket edge while pulling back. Honestly have never heard of anyone having an issue removing it. If it slid on, it should slide off ;)
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I guess that your not going to get a better response than from Kerry himself! :thumbs:
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I guess that your not going to get a better response than from Kerry himself! :thumbs:
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if it's all stainless steel then your problem might be galling...in which case it might be on as if welded...to learn a bit more about galling there are web articles available...here is one http://www.estainlesssteel.com/gallingofstainless.html (http://www.estainlesssteel.com/gallingofstainless.html)
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It's all 304 series stainless steel, so you should have no corrosion. Did it get dinged or something perhaps? The inlet has 3x slots that help compress it onto your collector when the clamp is tightened. You should simply be able to "wiggle" it back and forth slightly to help open it up and slide it off. You could also tap on the centerstand stop/bracket edge while pulling back. Honestly have never heard of anyone having an issue removing it. If it slid on, it should slide off ;)
No its not dinged up or damaged in any way. I remember when I installed the mid pipe initially it was pretty tight but now it is as if it is welded together. When I removed the slip on from the mid pipe I noticed there was some black splotches on the mid pipe where the slip on overlapped. Maybe a little corrosion from dissimilar metal?? I gave up and put the slip on back on for the time being. Maybe this weekend I will try again.
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Just a thought but you may be able to heat the mid-pipe where it overlaps the header pipe with a propane torch enough to expand it a little and then try tapping it back or wiggling it free.
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Just a thought but you may be able to heat the mid-pipe where it overlaps the header pipe with a propane torch enough to expand it a little and then try tapping it back or wiggling it free.
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Remove the clamp completely as it has a tab that fits into the inner pipe that you probably did not notice.
Fretka
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Remove the clamp completely as it has a tab that fits into the inner pipe that you probably did not notice.
Fretka
The clamps were completely removed and moved out of the way. I think I am going to take the bike to the exhaust shop up the road from my house so they can heat it up and try to pull it off again.
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After some 25K+ miles on mine, I had to work it quite a bit to get it off, but it did eventually come undone. If you're not able to move it at all, then I'm not sure what to suggest.
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Wow, I'm suprised.
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I have the same slip on. I pulled mine off 2 weeks ago to have it ceramic coated with no problem. Even with the coating it slid on pretty easy. I would suggest the torch option also. Was there anything on it when you put it together?