help on exhaust install

just want to get it right. in order from lock ring into exhaust. i have 4 pieces, i am not sure how they go in. i know the nut, seating spherical and collet go in order i am just not sure where the exhaust comes in........is the spherical and collet on the engine side of the exhaust pipe and the nut? or do the spherical and cellet go on the nut side? thanks

jeffmack said:

just want to get it right. in order from lock ring into exhaust.

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Assuming this is a MkIII?
Lock ring, collet/s (as the 'collet' usually breaks in two), exhaust, spherical seating, head.

oh boy...breaks into 2??? please help out, i dont follow i can t find any help in any of my 3 manuals
yes mk3

jeffmack said:

oh boy...breaks into 2??? please help out, i dont follow i can t find any help in any of my 3 manuals
yes mk3

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Although each MkIII 06-5260 collet is technically one item, it often breaks into two half sections when expanded to fit over the flared end of the pipe, not that it matters as it still works perfectly well in two half sections.
http://www.britishparts.ch/klemmhulse-f ... -1975.html


Note that the collet and spherical seating item numbers #31 & #32 on the MkIII parts book exploded drawing are wrong when compared against the item descriptions given in the parts list.

Item 32 as shown on the drawing is the seating and 31 is the collet.

first.
Insert the spherical seating into the head dished side outwards (hold it in with a dab of grease on the back)
Fit the collet inside the exhaust rose and then slide these over the downpipe up to the head and tighten the rose, there is a certain amount of angle adjustability with having the spherical seatings.
As mentioned the collets can split into two parts , but it doesn't cause any problems, just a bit fiddlier to assemble.
sam

trident sam said:

Fit the collet inside the exhaust rose and then slide these over the downpipe up to the head and tighten the rose,

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That's only possible if the pipes are the unbalanced type. If the pipes are the original balanced type with the cross-over stubs then the lockring/rose has to be fitted over the flared 'head' end of the pipe first and then the collet/s inserted.

Yes, I'd just realised that and was about to post an ammendment.
sam

thanks Gents... got it

I just went through this myself, with my first-ever install of the balanced pipes. Never having done it before, I couldn't figure out the one-piece collets that I had just received from Old Britts. I couldn't get the first one to expand enough to fit in the pipe head's groove and when I tried to expand ir a bit more, it broke. OH S#1t, I exclaimed. But I quickly realized it would work just like a set of valve keepers and being in two pieces didn't matter at all. On the second one, I just immediately "broke" the collet. A dab of grease between the collet(s)/pipe will hold them in place to make installation a bit less fiddly.