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markbubble

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stainless exhaust breakage question
« on: 23 September 2012, 08:51:50 am »
hi all ,i got a stainless downtube for te great farjo with 2 collets (the part that bolt to head)broken i spent a good few hours sitting and cleaning the exhaust and welded the collets back together(done a great job if i do say so myself!) gone to fit tis morning and all going well untill one of the other collets broke! i checked these before fitting and there was no cracks etc and i didnt tigten them up that much so just wondered has anyone else had this problem?  meens iv now got to remove eaders again and repair this doh :'(