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AndyD:
Not sure if of use to anyone but DSS have got some of the 400 silencers back in stock.
I'd stuck a cheap universal one on while waiting for something better to turn up and had an email from them today so hopefully will come through and fit / look better than the current one.
Cheers
Andy

Winterfield:
I bought a full exhaust set from DSS which would have included one of these. I 'had' to return the silencer for a new one as it came dented, but DSS were quick to replace it.

Something to watch out for is the collector to silencer gasket wouldn't fit the silencer, and I ham fisted it and destroyed the gasket. Perhaps there's a trick to skimming them down?

I also had trouble fitting the mounting bracket - it fit loosely, but the silencer didn't align with the bracket. I'm not sure I got it right. The bracket won't fit on in the gap on the top side of the silencer, so this was the only way I could see to fit it.

AndyD:
Yes, can't say I was too impressed either.
Silencer arrived and is a nice finish but also had a couple of issues with it...
Same problem with the gasket - after a 10 minute session of self-doubt determined that it was simply too thick so had to thin the gasket down (messy) to get it in.
The bracket aligned OK but the first bolt stuck in the captive nut and just wouldn't move in or out - ended up shearing the bolt to get the silencer off again!
Turns out both nuts have weld spatter inside about two-thirds of the way into the thread!
I know I should have tried the bolts in the fixings first but really didn't expect that problem on a brand new part.
At least I can fix these issues easily enough but quite annoying and poor quality control somewhere along the line.
Still, silencer does look an awful lot better than the cheap universal one it replaced.
Cheers,
Andy
 

Winterfield:
Glad to know I wasn't the only one who had some trouble with it.

Instead of buying a new gasket, I ended up getting some high temperature tape which I'll use to build up a perfectly sized shim.

I'm interested in what your bracket looks like, and how it fit into the silencer. There's still a good chance I've just oriented one or the other incorrectly.

Definitely agree though, it looks much better than what I had on before too... a 'shorty megaphone' from ebay.

mattsz:
Reading this with interest - last winter I purchased a "scratch and dent" silencer and gasket from DS - at a discount - to replace my OEM rusted-out disaster.  The couple of small dents won't really be visible.  I haven't tried to fit it yet, as the headers are off the bike, but I may try an off-the-bike test fitting of the headers, gasket and silencer to see what's what.  I'll also examine all the fittings carefully...

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