The story:
Fell of my bike, broke the clutch perch, not the lever, and the exhaust came out of place. I started it up, and heard it leaking. My riding partner... :bang: ... decided to kick it back into place. After he did so, he took it completely off.
After riding back on open headers and checking it out after it cooled, I realized that the fitting was cracked, with half of it still in the headers.
What must have happened was that it was at an angle when it came off, just slightly off balance. When he kicked it, it continued in the wrong direction, allowing for the fitting to snap.
Here's some pics.
<a href="http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/rossim22/?action=view¤t=brokenpieceexhaust.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/rossim22/brokenpieceexhaust.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
<a href="http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/rossim22/?action=view¤t=exhausthousing.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/rossim22/exhausthousing.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
<a href="http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/rossim22/?action=view¤t=brokenpiecealone.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/rossim22/brokenpiecealone.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
What do I do??
Fell of my bike, broke the clutch perch, not the lever, and the exhaust came out of place. I started it up, and heard it leaking. My riding partner... :bang: ... decided to kick it back into place. After he did so, he took it completely off.
After riding back on open headers and checking it out after it cooled, I realized that the fitting was cracked, with half of it still in the headers.
What must have happened was that it was at an angle when it came off, just slightly off balance. When he kicked it, it continued in the wrong direction, allowing for the fitting to snap.
Here's some pics.
<a href="http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/rossim22/?action=view¤t=brokenpieceexhaust.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/rossim22/brokenpieceexhaust.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
<a href="http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/rossim22/?action=view¤t=exhausthousing.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/rossim22/exhausthousing.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
<a href="http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/rossim22/?action=view¤t=brokenpiecealone.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/rossim22/brokenpiecealone.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
What do I do??