Exhaust "Gasket, Muffler" Life?

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lol - no coat-getting required, all useful info for me 


Below is a phot of the inside of the end of the exhaust itself. You can see bits left over from the gasket (or sealer) inside the pipe. My guess is that it's made from the highly compacted gauze and coated in like a silver paint. I reckon the whole thing compresses slightly when the can is put on and tightened and it seals once the thing gets up to heat. This is explains why the book says you need one when you take the exhaust off.


Will order one over the next couple of days.


Thanks for the help guys   

Hey


I just did this a couple days ago. Yeah remove the old one (the steel wooly stuff) and replace it with a new one. It's simply to make a tight seal, But when I did it I hard a hard time getting my exhaust to go back on which lead to much deforming of the new gasket... a lot of rotating the exhaust and gasket is needed to get it inside. Don't try putting it in the exhaust and then onto the link pipe! Put it on the link pipe and then place the exhaust. Have fun!