Hello there! I was hoping that my debut on this forum would be with the pictures of my new 2009 SM610ie which im currently customizing. Its the first husky I ever owned. Unfortunately, upon dismantling happily ever after, I found this huge hole (see attachment) in the exhaust pipe! I bought this bike off of a garage, but this hole looks handmade! I probably have to call them to account for this? Checking the bottom of the pipes for handmade holes is not exactly the thing I look out for when buying a bike..
That makes sense. I don't know if I'd go buying a new mid-pipe quite yet...should be easy enough to have a patch welded on (and it's on the underside...and shouldn't end up unsightly anyway.)
Don't need a new pipe... I have an 07, and had a bung welded in mine for wideband purposes. If you have the heat shield peg still on the heat shield.. get it welded back on. Also, all of the heat shield mounting points on mine cracked.
Well now ive got a hole in my exhaust pipe. The bottom mounting bolt fell out on a ride today and the vibration of the loose heat shield snapped the top mount off.
Haha welcome to the club! The surface around the mount actually was charred (by fumes) so I assume the quality of the weld there just isnt the most exciting and it gradually broke off. But anyways, thanks for the input! Everything is welded nice and smooth now. I anyway planned to keep the (IMO ugly) shield removed and simply use some exhaust heat wrap. Im still going to screw on the front heat plate though.
