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adespin:
Has anyone had problems fitting new David Silver 341 exhaust system, I hit a problem fitting these on today, the outer pipe hits the rear brake pedal pivot on the top seam and will not pass it. The pipe is fully home in the exhaust port and lining up with the rear bolt.  As it's Sunday i'm unable to query this with DS.

JamesH:
Ade I’d suggest removing # 3 pipe, then refit # 4 on it's own and see if you can get the rear footrest hanger about through the pipe and in position. You may need to seeing / flex the pipe to get it under the rear brake pedal, but you should.have a few mm clearance once the home is in/pipe in position. They've a close/tight fit in this area but hopefully you should be fine..

adespin:
Not a hope in hell James, the silencer body is rubbing on the lever boss, on top of that i have now tried to fit 1 and 2 pipes, the rear hanger bolt is a very tight fit but probably could be persuaded with a mallet, but to my horror when i looked at the front view number 3 pipe is a couple of mil' from touching the filter body. I've now packed them up ready for shipment after i speak to David Silver tomorrow, i wonder what their responce will be.

JamesH:
Don't take this the wrong way Ade, but I have a feeling this is partly due to the way you're attempting to fit these mate. Compared to Honda parts, the tolerance on those is way worse admittedly, but you do have a fair degree of movement to play with. You need to have all 4 crown/clamps in place to play around with angles/pipe position - a very small change in exit angle translates to a massive shift at the rear silencer.

Certainly looking at the angle of pipe #4 from the front you need to get that pipe much tighter to the frame to follow the correct line - I reckon you could get it to clear the pedal but without being there in person it’s difficult to say.

Anyway, sounds like you drawn a line under it which is probably sensible and have a go with a second set. Fingers crossed for you.

adespin:
Judging by the number of restorations you have completed, you have probably bought and fitted several sets of silencers, have you had this kind of problem, by that i mean you had to send them back, if so were there any quibbles.

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