10-03-2025, 09:57 PM
I found the same when I unbound mine a few years ago. I always imagined the heat would drive off any moisture, but instead the tape seems to hold it in.
I'm not aware of anyone selling Ulster tailpipes, and if you do find one I think you'll be lucky if it fits without 'adjustment'.
I ordered up some mild steel tube, filled it with oven-dried sand (it MUST be dry) and raised it to red heat in a makeshift furnace (a stack of bricks, a hair drier and glowing coals). You need to construct some simple wooden jigs to get the bend radii, angles & positions correct; then trim to length. It's a bit of a fiddle but achievable.
I'm not aware of anyone selling Ulster tailpipes, and if you do find one I think you'll be lucky if it fits without 'adjustment'.
I ordered up some mild steel tube, filled it with oven-dried sand (it MUST be dry) and raised it to red heat in a makeshift furnace (a stack of bricks, a hair drier and glowing coals). You need to construct some simple wooden jigs to get the bend radii, angles & positions correct; then trim to length. It's a bit of a fiddle but achievable.