y pipe question

[scubadoo]

i have an 07 apex er . what is the failure probability ? it has 1000 miles . should i start looking for a set?

 

[Iceman57]

i have an 07 apex er . what is the failure probability ? it has 1000 miles . should i start looking for a set?

I have 3,200 hard miles on my sled and my headers and donuts are just fine.

 

[Blue Dave]

Iceman,

I like your new avitar much better!

 

[yamadog07]

4800 miles on mine, just had apart, no problem, just donuts a little worn.

 

[Attak44]

Most people are seeing them go at 2500-3500 miles. Mine went at 8600 and I have 3000 on the new set with no problems yet.
When it begins to backfire on decel its time for new ones.

 

[scubadoo]

do all years have the problem ?or is it 06 07?

 

[FJR1300]

traded in my 2007 Attack with 8000 miles no problems

 

[Iceman57]

Iceman,

I like your new avitar much better!

Yeah....me too.

 

[DoktorC]

do all years have the problem ?or is it 06 07?

It's mostly affecting the Titanium Y-pipe sleds...05-current (I guess). I think mine went at about 6000kms.

 

[Gibby]

05 warrior 6200 miles 1 was 1/2 gone and 1 was 1/4 gone other 2 were in good shape, nothing wrong with y pipe

 

[hayastusa]

Replaced mine at 6000kms. Two were completely gone, 1 was 1/2 there and the right side cylinder was completely intact. No backfiring, just heard what sounded like a header leak about at about 5000kms

 

[NY AttakGT]

'07 Attak GT with 2,300 miles 1 donut gone.....2 badly worn..and 1 was ok. My left "Y" pipe was also cracked. Everything was replaced under YES warranty.

I say check it when you can. Better to find a problem now and fix it..then have a problem out on the trails...not to mention you can cause more problems ($$) if you dont replace that cheap donut that needs to be replaced or let it go and have to eventually replace a Y pipe ($300-400).

--Steve (O.C.)

 

[apex yooper]

When mine went bad, I had a cracked titanium pipe. they were not available then, and the cost was about $250 each. RX1 stainless pipes are about $150 each, if I remember right.

I bought a set of used RX1 pipes, and had a muffler shop add about 1" to the length to match the Apex pipes. I paid $150 for 2 pipes, and $20 to the muffler shop. Stainless will not crack as easily, and could be welded. It's a big deal to have titanium welded.

 

[BA APEX]

i had 3,300 miles and they(donuts) were toast but i ran her pretty hard. a lot of high speed ice radar runs the first 2 years. no damage to Y-Pipes though.

 

[Tycho998]

Mine failed at 7700 km. No backfiring, but the sound of the exhaust changed quite a bit. This was something I was paying attention to from other posts and caught the failure before the Y-pipes were affected. To bad I never noticed the post on the jack-shaft bearing.