anyone re insulated their pipes?

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beekmanSRX

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And another season is upon us....YES.

My heat shield clamps worked their way loose and u can guess the rest. fibers everywhere. anyone ever re pack the pipes? what did u use? and did u replace the heat shield clamps with OEM clamps or did ya decide to use a different style clamp?

Beekman
 
That's one of the things I'm planning to do as well ans as far as what to use for insulation I'm thinking about using fiberglass bats but not sure what else there is to use.As far as clamps I'm thinking stainless zip ties or a banding of some kind rather than the good old worm gear hose clamps.
 
I replaced my pipe clamps with hose clamps. I measured what I needed and got them from Canadian Tire. Every once in a while I retighten them. I try to locate the bolt where it's accessible but not clearly visible. You can't do that with OEM ones. The insulation from one pipe was in bad shape, but I left it like that. It was the bottom so it shouldn't be an issue for me.
 
good ol canadian tire eh. i was thinkin the same thing as far as the clamps went. i have this wrap thats used for wrapping nuclear boilers and i was hoping i could use that instead of the fiberglass. but i dont think anyone can relate to using that wrap. Thanks for the replies guys
 
The original band clamps used on the SRX pipes are available. They are made by a company called Panduit. There was a fellow members who found a source of these clamps. He and I bought a box each of these clamps for about $25, a box has about 50 clamps. Dam if I can remeber the source though.......
 
The original clamps are made by Panduit, product no. MLT6H-LP316. They are called pan-steel stainless steel ties. A search should provide a number of on-line sources. Panduit also makes a tool which tightens the clamps and cuts them off flush. The model no. of the installation tool is GS4MT.
 
beekmanSRX said:
And another season is upon us....YES.

My heat shield clamps worked their way loose and u can guess the rest. fibers everywhere. anyone ever re pack the pipes? what did u use? and did u replace the heat shield clamps with OEM clamps or did ya decide to use a different style clamp?

Beekman
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My SRX shop manual says to replace them with worm gear clamps and list Yamaha part numbers as:

90-110 mm - 90450-99031
110-130 mm - 90450-99043
50-70 mm - 90450-60011

I've used the Panduit clamps on proto-type EVAP canisters but if I remember correctly, the tool was a little pricey. I think we rented the tool at the time because it was so expensive.

I went to thier website and didn't spend much time but I didn't see any prices.

I wasn't going to use worm gear clamps and wanted keep the OEM look but I'm leaning toward them due to cost, availablity and adjustability. The original banding was loose a year after I bought the sled and I've shimmed them which helped some but I think an adjustable clamp would work best.

Especially if you're using fresh packing which will settle a bit and you'd end up with loose banding again.

I think I'll go that route and turn the clamp head to an unseen area.
 
perfect guys thanks a lot. i think i will go adjustable clamps too. i have a feeling this wrap im using will settle and i will end up tightening it up over time. on another note, i seem to b going through those exhaust donuts on an annual basis. this common?
 
jeffgilbert said:
If the insulation is gone what effect do this have on the sled besides makeing some more noise from the pipes?
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I'm thinking it would allow the heat to escape the pipes rather than be kept in to make them work to their peak efficiency.
 
Would insulation that you could pick up for a hot water boiler work or are the pipes too hot of an aplication for that?
 
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