Why springs on exhaust

Search forums. Thread starter RoadMaster Start date Dec 19, JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. RoadMaster New Member. Dec 6, 3 0 0 Vietnam. Excuse my lack of knowlege but what are those little springs I see on some exhaust pipes on MB's and some motorcycles I have seen?

What is their function? Step 1 - Design Pipe. Step 2 - Create Squash Pipe. Step 3 - Flatten End of Bending Pipe. Step 5 - Heat Pipe and Bend. What is a head pipe? Most dirt bike head pipes are stainless steel or titanium.

What is a race pipe? Borla keeps the second cat and the hks gets rid of it. What is a donut gasket exhaust? In the exhaust system on cars their are seperate peices, usually three or four. These peices have connections or joints and as with most gaskets these donut gaskets are round doughnut shaped parts that make a seal between two adjoining surfaces and help prevent exhaust gases leaking through the seams.

What is exhaust flange gasket? Exhaust Gasket. An exhaust gasket is one heck of a component. For instance, the sealing ring sandwiched between the exhaust manifold and cylinder head is referred to as the exhaust manifold gasket.

Other gaskets such as flange and ring gaskets are installed on the many connecting points of an exhaust system. What does a bad donut gasket sound like? One of the first symptoms of a problem with an exhaust manifold gasket is an excessively noisy engine.

This is why there must be springs connecting things together. There must be the ability of the parts to easily move with respect to one another. Do NOT use Vise-Grips or pliers to stretch the springs because such tools will nick the tempered surface of the spring connection point and weaken it. Here is a video on how to properly do it. Correctly manufactured springs that have been properly installed will last the life of the exhaust system.

However, Miniplane and their Italian suppliers have significant quality control issues that I and other pilots have long observed. As a result, we occasionally see batches of defective springs and other engine parts installed on new engines that have a very short life. Below is a defective muffler spring from an almost new Top