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11/8/2014 4:57am
11/8/2014 4:57am
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7/3/2015 3:26pm
I lucked up and found an OEM pipe for my KX125 restoration. It has a couple of small dents in the largest section of the expansion chamber. I found a place online (in Oregon) that will fix dents for $60, plus shipping. I ride two stokes so there is a chance I'd need to do this again.. and again.. and the $60+shipping begins to add up quick.
Then I saw this tool which is only sold in Europe:
http://www.24mx.com/pipe-repair-kit
This one is specifically made for pipe repair and looks heavy duty, and pretty easy to use.
Where can I buy a kit just like the parts below, in America?
Then I saw this tool which is only sold in Europe:
http://www.24mx.com/pipe-repair-kit
This one is specifically made for pipe repair and looks heavy duty, and pretty easy to use.
Where can I buy a kit just like the parts below, in America?
The Shop
Water is unpredictable.. read too many stories of people splitting welds this way.
Keep a first aid kit nearby with a ride to the ER waiting.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201214681749?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPag…
Even after wiring the crap out of the plugs we still had about 5 of them come shooting out at mach 10. Someone should have been grievously injured, but we are all still here.
We started by using a propane torch, once we moved on to OA we were able to lower the pressure to like 50psi.
Pit Row
Phosgene kills by permanently blocking the lung tissue from breathing, no O2 in and no CO2 out. Don't do this as loosing 50~90% of your breathing capacity for life does horrible things to your lap times in a 15 min. moto.
this randomly brought back memories of my dad and i making a potato cannon in the garage, and thinking it was a good idea to touch that sucker off inside. POW! big ass hole in the wall of the garage.... thats when first heard the phrase "cam, there are some things that you just cant tell mom.... "
Any tips on how to work the creases out? Do you use heat inside to outside, or outside to inside the dent? I even tried tapping with a body hammer, but I couldn't tell if it was moving the dent. Is 100 psi too much to work with? This is an OEM modern RM250 pipe.
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