Trouble lining up samson true duals
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Trouble lining up samson true duals
Having trouble lining up the pipes so they're equal distance width wise from the rear fender. If I'm looking at the rear of the bike it's definitely apparent that the left side is off to the left more than it should be. Any advice or tips would be appreciated.
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Appreciate that. I've got the straight cut rolled edge so I can't really get away with any I'm perfections. That is what I'm referring to though as far as the pic goes. When u look at mine u can notice the left pipe is more left than it should be compared to the right one. I'm considering putting a spacer of some sort between the frame and the mounting bracket on the first hole.
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I was down at the shop the other day and I seen a set mounted on a bike. The left side pipe really stuck out there. I wasn't too encouraged when I seen that because mine are going to be getting mounted next week. It stuck out a good 1 1/2 to 2 inches from the oil tank. I thought they were supposed to fit up nice and snug to the oil tank. I've Seen a lot of bikes on here and they didn't stick out like that.
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Make sure the left side header pipe is fully seated in the cross-over behind the engine. Mine was like that at first but was better after finding the pipe was not fully seated.
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Other than that make sure the rear pipe is fully seated on the U-pipe like Shineybike said. This is the most common mistake that I have seen even when having a dealer install them.
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Funny you mention it. Finally I swallowed my pride and called samson. Asked them how far should I put the crossover pipe onto the u-pipe?? Told me to push it on as far as it goes. After doing that it really helped out a lot with the alignment. I still ended up putting a small spacer in the front hole between the mounting bracket and frame and its near perfect now. Thanks for all the info.