Stainless welding in Hamilton?

**Fergus** · 21st March 2013, 19:45

So I had a slow lowside and my exhaust needs welding up

the weld where the 4-1 meets the pipe to the muffler has popped apart cleanly.

It looks to be a quick job, can anyone recommend somewhere in Hamilton that'll do a 15 minute job and charge accordingly? ie no 1hr minimum labour..

Cheers

**The Reibz** · 21st March 2013, 20:00

If you were up in Auckland I would TIG it up to you for next to nothing, $20 would do it. Any exhaust shop should be able to do it for you though.

Becareful though, the amount of failed welds I have seen on exhausts because people weld them together with mild steel filler wire is nuts. I did a few flanges on a Levin exhaust last week that had all the joints done with a gasless MIG and were birdshit all over the place. Owner paid $800 bucks for a 3' full stainless system, got a 2.5' stainless steel mid pipe that was mig welded to all the old rusty steel piping on the back end then a nice new muffler. Plenty of cowboys out there mate, ask if they are ticketed, if they aren't, go someplace else.

Best of luck

**AllanB** · 21st March 2013, 21:13

What do they say - you pay for what you get ..........

Take it you are OK after the fall?

**Madness** · 21st March 2013, 21:18

Originally Posted by The Reibz

Any exhaust shop should be able to do it for you though... Plenty of cowboys out there mate, ask if they are ticketed, if they aren't, go someplace else.

You seriously believe there's guys in exhaust shops that hold current welding tickets?

**The Reibz** · 21st March 2013, 21:37

Good point mate. Especially if they are welding up 304 stainless tube with the cheapest mild steel wire they can find.
The fabricator even thought it would be a good idea to weld this exhaust up in one giant peice, with no flanges at the muffler or headers. Most amature shit I have ever seen

**Murray** · 22nd March 2013, 08:28

Originally Posted by Fergus

So I had a slow lowside and my exhaust needs welding up

the weld where the 4-1 meets the pipe to the muffler has popped apart cleanly.

It looks to be a quick job, can anyone recommend somewhere in Hamilton that'll do a 15 minute job and charge accordingly? ie no 1hr minimum labour..

Cheers

Give Dave at HD cycles a ring and ask him who does his welding - had some work done on my and my wifes bike and good workmanship and good pricing - But I did it through Dave and not directly with whoever did the welds.