I’m looking for some advice from you learned KTM people!

As you will see I have a dent in the right side Akrapovic end can on my 08 SD R. Don’t ask how I got it but I’d like to see if there’s anyway of fixing it.

I was chatting to a certain Desmosedici owner on Sunday who reckons that it can be pushed out from the inside by filling with water?? Anyway I have no idea so I’m hoping that someone on here knows an out fit that can repair alloy dents like this one.

I’m located in the Thames valley half way between Reading and Maidenhead

Suggestions and advice gratefully accepted! Photos follow.........

You coud send it off to Stevernige Dino center Herts thats were MHP are baste theys days Mark wood sort it ,with a quick tirn arownd and you wood not knoe it had been damidged .



here you go ,they fix bent Akras all the time

this will help eney one ells with damidged cans as well ,

I have seen track day mash ups come in .

Everton,

This is easy to fix.

1) Take it off, then take it apart and remove the insides including filling.
2) Block one end off with a cork/rubber/tape/ anything.
3) Fill it with water, just past the dent and stand it vertically.
4) stick it in the freezer over night.

If the dent is not fully out, which may be the case, melt the ice with a hair dryer or just leave it for a day; and repeat the procedure.

You ask if this works - yes it does, I have done it several times on various exhausts. The only tip is not to seal both ends, the ice needs to go somewhere when it expands - and if you seal both ends it will break your exhaust.

Cheers,
Gregz

I'll add two cents here; I'v had dents removed in cars by "paintless dent repair" services, these guys have all kinds of little punches, hammers, and body dollies that they use to access dents like this from the inside and smooth them back out; the little crease may be a problem, may not hammer out 100%, but it looks fixable.

Titanium is quite springy. Mate of mine got a dent out of my Akra zoorst by tapping gently around the edge of the dent (on the outside of the can) & amazingly it worked well. It didn't get rid of the dent completely, but it made a big difference.

Still ended up switching the cans over though...

I think what he means Buzz is that the last person who posted on this thread before you was nearly a year ago way back in 2009, so has probably sorted it already.

So by home work he means you're reading through the forum, even the old stuff and in the process finding out all sorts of useful info about your new superduke.