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Scooters - 125 to 300 => Downtown 300 => Topic started by: wbdvt on January 26, 2020, 11:43:12 AM
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I have a 2012 DT 200 and removed the exhaust to remove the rear tire. Found I also had to remove the plastic fender above the tire and the rear shock completely to get the tire off. When I pulled the exhaust off, it like it was wrapped with graphite tape on the pipe from the engine. Looking at the parts manual, it looks more like a bushing but maybe a graphite tube? Is this the setup? Should have taken a pic of it but didn't. Here is a pic of a piece that came off.
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With most modern maxi scooters this gasket (Japanese call it packing) is used between exhaust pipe and muffler. Good idea to have one or 2 on hands---your dealer may not have one in stock. I find Kymco parts price cheap---I always carry one on trips, in case wheel has to come off.
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It's good to know all of this because I'm just about to replace the back tire on my downtown, and I've been looking at the process and dreading it
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I have had my muffler off several times for rear tire replacement and do not recall any such packing, tape or anything at the slip joint. I gotta go look at that!
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It can kinda weld itself on exhaust pipe. I use new gaskets each time I remove muffler---insures good seal.
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mine was flaky that is why I thought it was graphite tape. I don't have a spare exhaust bushing but that is on the list of items to order for spares on my cannonball run