remove shark 250 catalytic converter and clamp pipe

jatgm1 · 06-10-2017, 02:30 PM

I found this clamp, for a muffler or something, could I cut the cat out of my exhaust, (from what I understand the bulge in the piping near the engine) and use two of these with a pipe and some quiksteel or jb well instead of getting it welded?

dpl096 · 06-10-2017, 10:59 PM

Why not remove the pipe from the bike, cut a flap opening on the back side of the cat and gut the damn thing like a fish.... Fold the flap back down and either weld it or use your clamp then? I've not had much success with jb at high temps.

ben2go · 06-11-2017, 02:31 PM

I doubt an exhaust shop would charge as much as the parts you're looking at to reweld the cat back together.

Weldangrind · 06-11-2017, 02:35 PM

If you cut the pipe and gut the cat, I bet a local muffler shop would weld it back together for cheap.

Sir kayakalot · 06-11-2017, 07:39 PM

Don't fight the weld. It's the right way to do it, period. IF JB weld works, it WON'T be a permanent fix. Weld it

BigWeld · 06-11-2017, 07:41 PM

Hell, where are you jatgm1? You pull the pipe and I'll weld it for free LoL. The welding is the easy part. Your local exhaust shop shouldn't charge more than $10 to seal it back up as long as you don't trash the pipe in the process

jatgm1 · 06-11-2017, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BigWeld

Hell, where are you jatgm1? You pull the pipe and I'll weld it for free LoL. The welding is the easy part. Your local exhaust shop shouldn't charge more than $10 to seal it back up as long as you don't trash the pipe in the process

I'm in Carmel NY, Putnam valley area. If I gut it can u weld it? I'll Google a muffler shop.

pistolclass · 06-11-2017, 10:31 PM

I started welding at about 10am and just finished at 9pm. My Lovely wife had a bunch of welding projects lined up for me today, fabbing an arbor, modifying a wrought iron table to hold an umbrella...etc...

You could tossed it on my welding bench and I wouldn't have even noticed, i would have just stitched it up.

I wish lovely wife would have some aluminium projects so I could justify buying a sweet TIG welder.

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dpl096 Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: East Central Hellinois Posts: 1,344	Why not remove the pipe from the bike, cut a flap opening on the back side of the cat and gut the damn thing like a fish.... Fold the flap back down and either weld it or use your clamp then? I've not had much success with jb at high temps. __________________ ************************************************ * " Time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted." - John Lennon “I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” ― Thomas Jefferson "If you don't know where you're going any road will take you there" ....George Harrison song
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Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	If you cut the pipe and gut the cat, I bet a local muffler shop would weld it back together for cheap. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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Sir kayakalot Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 269	Don't fight the weld. It's the right way to do it, period. IF JB weld works, it WON'T be a permanent fix. Weld it __________________ Hawk 250 Mikuni carb 115 main. De-catted pipe. Air box mod. 15/42 sprockets. Digital instrument cluster, FMF end cap on muffler, handlebar toolbag, Custom foot pegs
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06-11-2017, 07:41 PM	#6
BigWeld Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: East Pembroke, NY Posts: 301	Hell, where are you jatgm1? You pull the pipe and I'll weld it for free LoL. The welding is the easy part. Your local exhaust shop shouldn't charge more than $10 to seal it back up as long as you don't trash the pipe in the process __________________ Rides a 2016 Bashan 18C with Blue PlastiDip, piped and jetted, USB charger, real-time digital volt meter, faux carbon fiber handguards, 5 COB led headlight upgrade, auxiliary led light bars, and an MSR shift lever with new grips, T6 aluminum handlebars anodized in blue, polished handlebar brace, decals, HD Unibear chain and spoke covers waiting on the always-full mod shelf......
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06-11-2017, 02:31 PM	#3
ben2go Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,335	I doubt an exhaust shop would charge as much as the parts you're looking at to reweld the cat back together.
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06-11-2017, 10:31 PM	#8
pistolclass Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: connecticut Posts: 978	I started welding at about 10am and just finished at 9pm. My Lovely wife had a bunch of welding projects lined up for me today, fabbing an arbor, modifying a wrought iron table to hold an umbrella...etc... You could tossed it on my welding bench and I wouldn't have even noticed, i would have just stitched it up. I wish lovely wife would have some aluminium projects so I could justify buying a sweet TIG welder.
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