Exhaust shims?

[Anonymous]

I need some help! I removed the exhaust from my '83 1100G, sandblasted and power coated them. They look sweet. However trying to reistall them has been a chore. Part of the trouble is I'm an idiot and forgot to remove the old front gaskets before installing the new ones which made the pipes not fit. I took them off, removed the old gaskets which fixed the exhaust leaks on all pipes except one. The inner right pipe leaks and backfires. I took the bolts off, ground them down (2 threads) and tried to cinch the bracket down which helped a little. My question is, could it be the old shims that I used? I didn't replace them because they looked like they were in pretty good shape, rusted but not cracked. Could it be the old shims? There was no leak before I took the pipes off.

Oh....Thank God for Heli coil!!

Brian

[gspaul]

They are a gasket, they can only be used once ,they work by compression.
The good news is they are cheap and easy to get.

[Anonymous]

Are you talking about the actual gaskets (I changed them) or the 1/2 moon shaped metal shims?

Thanks

[dgeorge]

I think the shims can be reused, but if you are in doubt the can be purchased from www.crotchrocket.com for less then $5 for all four of them, thats not with shipping though.

[Anonymous]

Thanks. I'm taking it to the shop to have it looked at.