Toilet Plunger/Exhaust improvisation.

[Happy Grumpy]

After a decent space of time the rubber strip inside the exhaust holder broke apart and fell away, leaving only:

Causing a buzzing rattle at certain RPMs between the exhaust and the metal bracket.

Stopped at a mom n pop electrical shop to see if they had any sort of rubber strips that I could use.

They looked at the bike, had a moment's thought and gave a Mai Mee.

Behind them was a toilet plunger.

Grabbed it, measured it next to the exhaust, perfect.

How much?

When they finally picked themselves up off the floor from laughing, they said 60b.

Great.

I unscrewed the handle and handed it to them, don't need this.

When they finally picked themselves up off the floor from laughing again, they said 50b, as I'm only taking the rubber plunger.

10 minutes after arriving at home.

Trim off the toilet plunger:

Perfect. Job done.

So to speak.

Edited November 4, 2015 by Happy Grumpy

[papa al]

Bravo!

Better looking than new.

[Happy Grumpy]

555

or should that be 222

[AllanB]

I love this stuff..."60baht"...what about the handle, got a use for that? Waste not want not....

[Happy Grumpy]

I love this stuff..."60baht"...what about the handle, got a use for that? Waste not want not....

Might pick it back up from them and use it as a straight bar handle-bar.

[papa al]

Yes, it's about the right diameter.

Some black spray paint....

[properperson]

.. "back of the net" - well done....

[ttakata]

Good idea but that rubber wasn't meant for high temps so it might melt.

You might want to just lay a thin strip of high temp silcone/gasket maker on the inside of the clamp or cut up a silicone trivet for hot fry pans.

[Happy Grumpy]

Was thinking something like that.

Will test it today and check it.

Internet research says it should handle the temp okay. Good ideas though.

[papa al]

In the first close-up photo of the install, it appears that the clamp is not bearing well on the gasket.

Re-positioning the gasket aft a bit would be better.

How bout a pic of the whole bike since you have washed it?

[AllanB]

Maybe plastic, but rubber doesn't melt it is vulcanised .... and in my day burning rubber was the sign of a good party.