SRX RIDER said:
Okay this sucks so I gotta ask for some tips. Trying to put my Bender pipes back on the Viper and I am having problems with the center and pto pipes. Mag is easy but the other two are a major PITA! Anybody have any secrets that make this easier? Seems like you need to have four arms to get both these suckers lined up and in at the same time. Any ideas??? Thanks in advance.
Jeez, don't get me started on fitting those Benders.
Two people helps a lot. Leave the silencer loose (no spring), leave the little joiner pipe off. Mag side on first (don't forget the high-temp silicone - get the stuff at the hardware store - YamaBond costs three times as much and is the same stuff). Also, don't forget the little rubber pad that sits on the silencer platform.
After the mag side is on, leave it a little off the silencer, fit the other two pipes together and ease them in as a unit. Work them into the manifolds. As you know, getting that lined up is the hard part, and it helps to have one person holding the fat parts and the other guy holding and guiding the necks into the manifold. It may require some muscle, and may even require some tap-tap with a rubber mallet.
After they're in, put the little connector pipe on and then brute-force (
gentle brute force) them onto the silencer. A longish spring tool is very helpful for the springs, as is a pair of vise-grips for the PTO side pipe.
I was careful to wrap the powervalve cables with some
Moose Heat Shield stuff because I've had one cable burn-through and one cable wear the plastic wrap off.
With two people, it ended up being pretty easy. Hope it works for you. There's an article on installing the Benders at
Off-Road.com
Mine were off to send them to get ceramic-coated, and while off, I did all that basic maintenance that's impossible to do with those triple's on.
