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Home > DIY - Tech Tips - Install Brass Exhaust Tips
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| Brass
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There
are several ways you could install exhaust
tips, including drilling and tapping
or pop riveting them, but here is a nice easy way
to install them with just a couple basic tools and
hardware. Stainless hardware used in this how-to is
included with Lowbrow Customs exhaust tips (available
for both 1.5" OD and 1.75" OD exhaust pipes),
and includes a pair of 316 stainless steel 10-32 x
3/8" button head allens and a pair of 316 stainless
steel nylock nuts.
The
particular pipes in this article were made using the
Biltwell, Inc. Custom
Exhaust Kit, which features 1.75"
OD pipe and assorted HD exhaust flanges. The shovelhead
exhaust flanges included in the kit were used on this
set set of custom pipes towards the ends as mounts.
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flange on the exhaust tips shown is .6", a mark
is made .25" from the edge of the exhaust pipe.
Make sure to drill your mounting hole the bottom or
inside edge of the pipe so that when they are mounted
the hardware will be hidden. |
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| To
make sure your drill bit doesn't wander, center punch
your measured mark. |
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| Drill
through the exhaust pipe first, then either clamp or
firmly hold the exhaust tip in place and drill through
it as well. Make sure the tip is thoroughly seated in
the pipe before you drill it. |
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will give you a perfectly lined up mounting hole. A
rat tail file helps deburr the drilled holes. |
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| The
nylock nuts provided with the Lowbrow Customs exhaust
tips are rated at 250+ degrees F, but a dab of locktite
is never a bad idea to make sure the nut doesn't ever
back off from vibration. Insert your hardware, and using
a 3/8" wrench and an allen, tighten it down, and
you are finished. |
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