Performance Exhaust Broke

yozalo · 05-08-2011, 01:36 PM

I bought a performance exhaust from giovanni two weeks ago as my old exhaust broke at the joint. When I was riding my atv a couple of days ago, the performance exhaust snapped off again, at the same exact place where my old muffler broke. John wants to charge me $15 extra for replacing this so called 'performance' exhaust.........

Here are a couple of pictures.

Weldangrind · 05-08-2011, 03:42 PM

Bummer. Was your old exhaust a dual as well?

yozalo · 05-08-2011, 07:39 PM

Yes, previous exhaust was a dual exhaust aswell. Not sure how it managed to break off again, but whatever, I'll just put a tin can over the exhaust.

Will a pop can do?

waynev · 05-08-2011, 08:31 PM

Was there brackets/straps to hold the mufflers in place? if not i can see it breaking there.

yozalo · 05-08-2011, 10:02 PM

Yes...there were brackets holding them in place. The stock brackets did not fit properly so I had to make my own by taking metal ties and wrapping them to the frame. There still holding the current exhaust system in place..and have not fallen off yet.

TeamCheap · 05-09-2011, 05:55 AM

It needs a secure bracket right there at that T or some sort of flex joint.

That exhuast is flexing/moving somehow.

05-08-2011, 01:36 PM	#1
yozalo Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 330	Performance Exhaust Broke I bought a performance exhaust from giovanni two weeks ago as my old exhaust broke at the joint. When I was riding my atv a couple of days ago, the performance exhaust snapped off again, at the same exact place where my old muffler broke. John wants to charge me $15 extra for replacing this so called 'performance' exhaust......... Here are a couple of pictures.
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05-08-2011, 03:42 PM	#2
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	Bummer. Was your old exhaust a dual as well? __________________ 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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05-08-2011, 07:39 PM	#3
yozalo Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 330	Yes, previous exhaust was a dual exhaust aswell. Not sure how it managed to break off again, but whatever, I'll just put a tin can over the exhaust. Will a pop can do?
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05-08-2011, 08:31 PM	#4
waynev Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 1,097	Was there brackets/straps to hold the mufflers in place? if not i can see it breaking there.
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05-08-2011, 10:02 PM	#5
yozalo Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 330	Yes...there were brackets holding them in place. The stock brackets did not fit properly so I had to make my own by taking metal ties and wrapping them to the frame. There still holding the current exhaust system in place..and have not fallen off yet.
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05-09-2011, 05:55 AM	#6
TeamCheap Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: directly under the earths sun............NOW Posts: 2,302	It needs a secure bracket right there at that T or some sort of flex joint. That exhuast is flexing/moving somehow.
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