Removing T125 exhaust

[Insaniac]

Hello, I was wondering what I can use to remove the T125 exhaust. It has a different kind of nut, the wrench it uses looks like a shock adjusting wrench. I posted a pic of what it looks like. Any ideas on what I can use?

[Insaniac]

Alright so I got a different tool that fit, but the exhaust is so frozen on that it bent the tool when I tried to remove it. I still would like to get a similar c spanner tool as the one I posted, but I have a feeling if I got one it still won't be able to loosen the nut. Does anyone have any advice? Can I use a torch to heat up the nut, or will that potentially cause damage to the cylinder? I don't want to warp it or anything have to get it bored. I can't really think of anything else to do, it seems pretty rusted on. I'd like to get these off but if I have to I'll just keep them on the cylinders, atleast for now.

[Coyote]

An 18" pipe wrench oughta do it.

[Insaniac]

Like a monkey wrench? The exhaust nut is round, I'd think it'd just scrape and spin around it.

[locobuilderbri]

Hi
You have the correct type of tool, just a poor quality one if it bent!
The tools originally suplied with the bikes were very poor & only to be used for road side breakdowns really.
A pipe wrench (stilson wrench in the UK) are made to grip round pipe & will do the job but may mark the nut
unless you protect it well.
I used a wrap of webbing strap on a particularly tight fork leg nut.
Use some heat but dont go mad, after all the cylinder on air cooled engines get hot in service so you
should be ok. A heat & quench cycle could work but there is an increased chance of cracking the cylinder.
Regards Bri e

[Insaniac]

I must admit, at first I was in doubt that using a monkey wrench would work, but it definitely did the job. I tried to protect the nut the best I could, but with the amount of torque I put on it the teeth ripped through and still managed to gouge it a little, but nothing a little sandpaper won't fix. They were stuck on pretty good, the first one was easier, but still required quite some force. The second one was quite difficult. I had to put a breaker bar on the end of the wrench, I probably put 200+ ft/lbs on it and I thought the cylinder was going to break for a second, but it broke free.

[Coyote]

A pipe wrench has teeth. A monkey wrench has smooth jaws - much like a crescent wrench.