{"id":56997,"date":"2016-05-26T13:53:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T04:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=56997"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:50","slug":"gsx1100s-muffler-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20160526\/everyday-events\/gsx1100s-muffler-repair","title":{"rendered":"GSX1100S Muffler Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9101.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9101\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9101.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9101-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tail pipe side bracket broke, so let&#8217;s fix it.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1590482.jpg\" alt=\"P1590482\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/P1590482.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/P1590482-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The existing bracket broke and curled up, so we&#8217;ll make a patch and keep costs down.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1590484.jpg\" alt=\"P1590484\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/P1590484.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/P1590484-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The shape is distorted, so we&#8217;ll reshape it to make repairs easier.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1590486.jpg\" alt=\"P1590486\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/P1590486.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/P1590486-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1590487.jpg\" alt=\"P1590487\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/P1590487.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/P1590487-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s apply the patch and weld it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1590489.jpg\" alt=\"P1590489\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/P1590489.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/P1590489-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since we&#8217;ll be grinding it down, I&#8217;ve applied plenty of weld buildup.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1590490.jpg\" alt=\"P1590490\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/P1590490.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/P1590490-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If holes or voids appear, we&#8217;ll need to try again.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9103.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9103\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9103.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9103-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We planned to apply a patch, but since we also need a support structure and making it floating would just cause it to break again, we went with a band-style mount instead.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9097.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9097\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9097.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9097-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We fabricated a simple connecting bracket,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9101.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9101\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9101.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9101-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and the right side might be less prone to loosening. Here&#8217;s how it looks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tail pipe side bracket broke, so let&#8217;s fix it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-56997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-gsx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}