Downpipe/Colector Box Gaskets

[bettyswolloks]

Hey all. What are people using between the down pipes and the collector box? I've been looking at buying a set but wemoto are out of stock and everywhere else are silly expensive. I'm currently cutting up bean cans and the like, covering in gun gum and patching it up that way.
So is there a better way to go about this?

[Oldie]

Not particularly cheap, but you do get 6 gaskets in total.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-XJ900-DIVERSION-EXHAUST-SEALS-GASKET-SET-1994-to-2003/400731691466?fits=UKM_Make%3AYamaha%7CUKM_StreetName%3ADiversion&epid=851174695&hash=item5d4d7859ca:g:TUcAAMXQdm5Q9WA4

[bettyswolloks]

That's perfect, or it was till todays misshap!

Not sure what it was, but something fell off a wagon in front of me on he motorway today. It ripped off the left hand silencer. Left it all smashed to bits between the collector box and silencer!

[m40man]

Forget the silencer, sounds like you were lucky not to come a cropper 🙁.

[bettyswolloks]

Mar 17, 2018 10:06:14 GMT m40man said:

Forget the silencer, sounds like you were lucky not to come a cropper 🙁.

Yeah looking back it was a close call, it all just happened so quickly, no time to think just react. But looking at the state of the exhaust it was close to falling apart any way, it was rusted through. It took the hit on the other side, what ever it was went under the bike then up the left side between the wheel and silencer, you can see the path it took due to the scrape marks, can't seem to get a good picture of it though.

[bettyswolloks]

So decided to have another go at making my own gaskets to fill this silly gap yamaha decided we needed! So I cut a bit of 50mm ride, cut about an 2inch off, then cut that in half, covered each bit in exhaust assembly paste and slipped them in there, a nice decent clamp and hey presto! Works a treat!