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Motorcycle Racing => Wrenching => Topic started by: welshgrouser on April 18, 2006, 06:17:12 PM

Title: exhaust hangers?
Post by: welshgrouser on April 18, 2006, 06:17:12 PM
have any of you made your own exhaust hoops..

not the hangers that mount to the bike, but the hoops that go around the cans and then attach to the hangers...?

if so what material did u use inside of the straps?

how hot (temps?) do the cans get

thanks
Title: Re: exhaust hangers?
Post by: Super Dave on April 25, 2006, 05:28:00 AM
I never have.  Usually they are supplied by the can manufacturer. 

An exhaust can gets hot, more than 150 degrees, I know that 'cause it can burn you.  But I haven't put a guage on it to check.

Some kind of strap steel or aluminum would work.
Title: Re: exhaust hangers?
Post by: welshgrouser on April 25, 2006, 09:55:05 AM
i was wondering about what kind of padding material to use between the strap and the can???

i am leary of just using the strap w/out protection of some kind..   i dont want to wear a hole in the can from vibration or exhaust movement....

i've googled and googled and no luck....   straps that were with the exhaust are somewhere in the weeds!!   never to be seen from again...

any thoughts would be appreciated...

thanks
Title: Re: exhaust hangers?
Post by: Super Dave on April 25, 2006, 10:38:38 AM
My Micron just has rubber.  Others use different materials.
Title: Re: exhaust hangers?
Post by: tzracer on April 25, 2006, 02:37:28 PM
Might try viton or silicone rubber (www.mcmaster.com)
Title: Re: exhaust hangers?
Post by: Thingy on April 25, 2006, 07:28:21 PM
When I destroyed my carbon fiber one, I made one out of a strap of kevlar.  I looked like a regular nylon strap, but made of kevlar.  The only hard part was putting holes on each end that the bolt would go through.  I used a washer on each side when I bolted it up.
Title: Re: exhaust hangers?
Post by: welshgrouser on April 25, 2006, 10:27:22 PM
hey thanks for the ideas....  tzracer  wheere  did u find mcmasters??? that's the ticket....

if u cant find something there to bs anything u never will.....    ordering tomorrow i think...

thanks
Title: Re: exhaust hangers?
Post by: GSXR RACER MIKE on April 29, 2006, 02:00:20 PM
Quote from: welshgrouser on April 25, 2006, 10:27:22 PM
hey thanks for the ideas....  tzracer  wheere  did u find mcmasters??? that's the ticket....

if u cant find something there to bs anything u never will.....    ordering tomorrow i think...

thanks

I will answer that one, he's in the manufacturing trade like myself so he's well aware of the motherload of suppliers like that available to industry. There are many more suppliers out there as well, but McMasters is certainly a major one with alot of variety.
Title: Re: exhaust hangers?
Post by: tzracer on May 01, 2006, 02:24:41 PM
Quote from: GSXR RACER MIKE on April 29, 2006, 02:00:20 PM
I will answer that one, he's in the manufacturing trade like myself so he's well aware of the motherload of suppliers like that available to industry. There are many more suppliers out there as well, but McMasters is certainly a major one with alot of variety.

Kinda like a manufacturer's hardware store. McMaster, Grainger, MSC are a few of the larger ones. McMaster is convenient for people in southern half of Wisconsin and Illinois - ground UPS is the next day, rarely out of stock.
Title: Re: exhaust hangers?
Post by: andy342 on May 03, 2006, 02:39:10 AM
Just use a strip of rubber roofing.  Cheap, easy to get, and should handle the heat just fine.
Title: Re: exhaust hangers?
Post by: tzracer on May 03, 2006, 01:23:28 PM
The rubber roofing I have seen is just neoprene. Neoprene would be marignal - does not handle heat the best. The hanger on my SV is not neoprene, it seems to be a silicone based rubber.