Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > Re-packing Exhausts....

[rapidomoto]

Sorry for the delay in replying Roadrunner.

I bought three rolls of exhaust packing off Ebay from simmiperformance, came to about 20 pounds including P+P. Ended up being just under a roll for each can.

I drilled off the rivets from both ends of the can, careful not to enlarge the hole in the carbon. Pulled off each end and removed the packing. To be honest the packing looked in very good condition but as I had already started!....

I wrapped the wadding around the perforatted tube, just over a layer and a half deep, ontop of which I wrapped one layer of "Rock Wool" (this was obtained from work so couldn't give you a price or availibility!) The Rock Wool is supposed to offer a little more protection from heat to the carbon sleeve.

This was all then taped down with some high temp resistant tape (again acquired from work....!) and inserted back into the can. Ends where then riveted back onto the exhausts using 4.8mm x 13mm Pop Rivets.

Expecting the bike to sound alot quieter I was a little disapointed to find out it sounded the same, the previous packing had been there since I bought the bike which was nine years and 15K miles ago!

I did keep a eye on the cans for the first few rides after just to check there was no harm being done to the carbon...

[Road Runner]

Thanks for the info I realy need to quieten my Arrows down before I refit them I am running the standard cans at the moment. I will have a go at repacking them, to don't want another fine. The old bill are a bit hot on loud cans in Surrey.

Originally Posted by rapidomoto

Sorry for the delay in replying Roadrunner.

I bought three rolls of exhaust packing off Ebay from simmiperformance, came to about 20 pounds including P+P. Ended up being just under a roll for each can.

I drilled off the rivets from both ends of the can, careful not to enlarge the hole in the carbon. Pulled off each end and removed the packing. To be honest the packing looked in very good condition but as I had already started!....

I wrapped the wadding around the perforatted tube, just over a layer and a half deep, ontop of which I wrapped one layer of "Rock Wool" (this was obtained from work so couldn't give you a price or availibility!) The Rock Wool is supposed to offer a little more protection from heat to the carbon sleeve.

This was all then taped down with some high temp resistant tape (again acquired from work....!) and inserted back into the can. Ends where then riveted back onto the exhausts using 4.8mm x 13mm Pop Rivets.

Expecting the bike to sound alot quieter I was a little disapointed to find out it sounded the same, the previous packing had been there since I bought the bike which was nine years and 15K miles ago!

I did keep a eye on the cans for the first few rides after just to check there was no harm being done to the carbon...

[smilo006]

spoke to moto rapido. They reckoned that any kind of roof insulation would be find. One thing I'm finding is that the rivets I got from them and fleebay have an aluminium pin or at least soft metal and using a stanley pop riveter. Every second rivet the stem gets stuck after having been pulled from the rivet. Anyone else seen this.