Link pipe seized on?

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   Hi all,
Is it common for the exhaust link pipe to seize to the collector on a gen 1? Trying to free mine but it’s stuck solid!

Cheers

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knyght Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moto3 racer Joined: 17 Nov 2021 Location: Somerset Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote knyght Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Link pipe seized on? Posted: 26 Jan 2022 at 16:49
	Hi all, Is it common for the exhaust link pipe to seize to the collector on a gen 1? Trying to free mine but it’s stuck solid! Cheers

redratbike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group The Collector Messiah Joined: 07 May 2008 Status: Offline Points: 16331	Post Options Post Reply Quote redratbike Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jan 2022 at 17:14
	got a blow torch, rubber mallet ?


knyght Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moto3 racer Joined: 17 Nov 2021 Location: Somerset Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote knyght Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jan 2022 at 18:38
	Yep - that was the next thing on the list - will report back with results!

knyght Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moto3 racer Joined: 17 Nov 2021 Location: Somerset Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote knyght Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 14:54
	Didn’t report back as per previous message… still failing, even with torch, mallet, penetrating fluid

redratbike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group The Collector Messiah Joined: 07 May 2008 Status: Offline Points: 16331	Post Options Post Reply Quote redratbike Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 16:24
	do you need it ? can you sacrifice ? time for the grinder


knyght Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moto3 racer Joined: 17 Nov 2021 Location: Somerset Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote knyght Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 17:21
	That’s what I’m trying to avoid haha…but if it comes to it… I just need to make sure the collector connection remains intact!

JimmyV4 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moto GP Alien Joined: 07 Aug 2018 Location: Ipswich Status: Offline Points: 896	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimmyV4 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 19:15
	i made this exactr post not to long ago, bloody wind up aint it.

redratbike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group The Collector Messiah Joined: 07 May 2008 Status: Offline Points: 16331	Post Options Post Reply Quote redratbike Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 22:59
	have you actually got it off the bike ?


redratbike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group The Collector Messiah Joined: 07 May 2008 Status: Offline Points: 16331	Post Options Post Reply Quote redratbike Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 23:03
	have you actually got the collector off the bike ?


knyght Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moto3 racer Joined: 17 Nov 2021 Location: Somerset Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote knyght Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 11:39
	Haven’t tried getting the collector off, but by the feel of it, it seems just as stuck at its joints as the link pipe is