Tips for Mounting Stock Exhaust?

[gregzbutt]

Hello! I recently removed the stock exhaust from my 1980 GS850G to drop and clean the oil pan and sump screen. The exhaust came out surprisingly easy. No stripped or broken header bolts thank goodness... Now I'm having a real hard time lining up the exhaust to get it back on the bike. Any tips? I took it off as a complete assembly (headers, center connector, mufflers), and was hoping I could put it back on the bike that way. I've got all 8 header bolts started, but I can't get the 3 bolts that go into the oil pan to line up. Should I try to get those first? I was hoping if I had the headers tied down that center connector would line up underneath, but it's a little off center.

Thanks for the advice!

Greg

[SVSooke]

Found on my 78 1000 that it was easier to get them on as separate peices.

[gregzbutt]

Yeah, I ended up going that route. I took the whole thing apart, got the center connecter in loosely, then put on each muffler/header combo, and then lastly the center two header pipes went in. I just finished tightening everything down when I realized I forgot about the kickstand... It looks like I need to drop the pipe on that side to get those kickstand bolts back into the frame. Ugh...

[Steve]

I used to have that problem before the center pipe rusted out.

Replaced it with two straight pipes from the auto parts store, NO problems putting it back on the bike.

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