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ground it completely flush, then Centre punch, drilled out with 3mm, 5mm, then 6.8mm drills, pocked out what was left with a small screwdriver.

Top job then! I sometimes skip the first bit, or just file it flat, so I can better judge if I'm going right down the centre with the first small drill. Depends how much of the broken bit is left.

angry vanagon wrote:

angry vanagon wrote:standard steel bolts come out dead easy if you use brass nuts as should be used on all exhaust components

i stand corrected

BUT the M8 stainless ones will still have a 13mm head on them after a couple of years,and if you use a copper (or 'Aerotype') locking nut it'll come off double easy next time. AND some silencers don't have the threaded flanges ... GSF 1.9 petrol ones don't.

Cheers,Ian.

Ian Hulley wrote:
BUT the M8 stainless ones will still have a 13mm head on them after a couple of years,and if you use a copper (or 'Aerotype') locking nut it'll come off double easy next time. AND some silencers don't have the threaded flanges ... GSF 1.9 petrol ones don't.

Cheers,Ian.

The stainless ones I have look nice as well

Non threaded flange and nuts would be so much easier if even if corroded up, just cut the heads of and out they come.

Non threaded flange and nuts

Non-comprehende

A Silencer with no threads in the flange so you use Nuts & Bolts

Ah I see! As in just running a drill through it