Dual Exhaust troubles

[Riff Raff]

Speaking of back on topic-- Where in the heck is "RICKSHAW"??? He started this thread and we haven't heard even a peep from him in an update!!! Hello RICKSHAW, are you out there somewhere good buddy???

[rickshaw]

Here I am,
There's just nothing new to report at this time.
Thanks for ideas of what to do.
I did run the muffler shop's name through BBB's web site and nothing came up.
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I forgot to mention a few things.

I believe the guy who did the installation was the owner.

Before the installation I printed out pictures of Kenny's and Cyrk's dual exhaust installs. I thought they would help the guy with pipe routing. He only looked at it once.

When the pipes were ready for the Tips to be installed. He said The Tips are not included and will be another $ 200 more. I kind of felt like I was set-up.
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I plan on going to another muffler shop first to have them look at the work before I go back to the original guy.

I still feel, if the original guy re-does the work, that he would splice and dice to fix it rather than re-bend a new pipe.

If I have a new shop redo the work, It will have to be later, just can't afford it right now.

As far as the sound goes. The muffler definitely has gotten much better, still very loud when you step on it but I can live with that.

[tom4bren]

Good luck with the whole mess rickshaw.

I find it hard to believe that it was the owner who butchered this job tho. The policy at every shop that I know of has a strict policy that customers are not allowed in the bay (even worse to ask for help) for liability reasons. Asking a customer to hold pipe that is being welded is asking for someone to get hurt.

I had an incident a couple of years ago with the SeaDoo. The shop was replacing the impeller and venturi. The didn't install a seal properly and a bearing burned up during the first use. The lead mech told me that it was properly installed (despite the repair receipt from the guy who actually fixed it) and that my ski was just old (10 years) and that I shouldn't bring it back any more for them to work on. The owner was NOT pleased & reimbursed me for the initial repairs.

When you go back, clearly indicate that it is NOT merely cosmetic. Bends, welds and angles on an exhaust are common failure points. You should be anticipating premature failure due to the shoddy workmanship.