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Help needed with remaking an M5xA2 exhaust
As you can see, my exhaust is a bit kaput. Tried to find replacement in the Netherlands and here, no dice. So it will be a welding job. I thought to take several tube parts with bends in them, and then start welding them together, or just weld some sheet metal across it.
![IMG_8519_resize.jpg IMG_8519_resize.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/170/170851-55136bd2d32bdbd6b528c6b6d8993f4e.jpg)
Turns out my son, blacksmith by profession, has an old hydraulic tube bender capable to bend tubes up to 4 inches! The thing is too big and heavy to take to the Netherlands, but we have a suitable 9 cm heavy tube here as well so we can make a replacement exhaust.
From the pictures, it looks that starting at the engine the exhaust makes:
- a bit less than 45-degree angle outwards,
- then another bitt less than 45-degree backwards (my first hole in the exhaust
- then almost immediately 45-degrees upward- that's where the second part of alu-tape is, the hole is facing backwards and inwards.
- through the fender,
- and another 45 degree upwards into the last section: my third hole.
It looks that the exhaust is not going down straight forward through the fender, but already a bit turned toward the engine.
Can somebody help us with some dimensions on those turns or has a good picture from a complete replacement exhaust ? The picture from the parts manual is not very useful and reliable.
As you can see, my exhaust is a bit kaput. Tried to find replacement in the Netherlands and here, no dice. So it will be a welding job. I thought to take several tube parts with bends in them, and then start welding them together, or just weld some sheet metal across it.
![IMG_8520_resize.jpg IMG_8520_resize.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/170/170850-b88256961fd62fab068cac03dbc38ee6.jpg)
![IMG_8519_resize.jpg IMG_8519_resize.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/170/170851-55136bd2d32bdbd6b528c6b6d8993f4e.jpg)
Turns out my son, blacksmith by profession, has an old hydraulic tube bender capable to bend tubes up to 4 inches! The thing is too big and heavy to take to the Netherlands, but we have a suitable 9 cm heavy tube here as well so we can make a replacement exhaust.
From the pictures, it looks that starting at the engine the exhaust makes:
- a bit less than 45-degree angle outwards,
- then another bitt less than 45-degree backwards (my first hole in the exhaust
- then almost immediately 45-degrees upward- that's where the second part of alu-tape is, the hole is facing backwards and inwards.
- through the fender,
- and another 45 degree upwards into the last section: my third hole.
It looks that the exhaust is not going down straight forward through the fender, but already a bit turned toward the engine.
Can somebody help us with some dimensions on those turns or has a good picture from a complete replacement exhaust ? The picture from the parts manual is not very useful and reliable.
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