Pedal crank hitting exhaust

[bikes4ever]

As the tittle states, guys what are my options, my crank needs about maybe half an inch or less clearance.

 

[JerboaJohn]

can you heat your muffler's header with a torch n bend it away? 1/2" is too much to sand or grind off the crank and dimpling the stock muffler that much is bad too. 3/16" you could get away with it. I had that issue with my road bike, first I tried an extra gasket to move muffler forward, but no dice. then I had the keen idea to make a flange spacer that was thicker on one side than the other to angle it away from a piece of 1/4" scrap aluminum.
budget fix,, I didn't want to file the engine mount or get a wider crankset

 

[JerboaJohn]

if you do the heat and beat, remove it from the engine first!

 

[bikes4ever]

haha yea i kinda dont want to buy a new cranky thing for some reason.... man I wish they had crank extenders like the pedal ones. I'll most likey have my dad help with the torch and bending this weekend.

 

[FurryOnTheInside]

Vertically elongate both of the holes in the flange so you can rotate the whole exhaust (clockwise if viewing from in front of the bike).
I also dimpled the muffler slightly to just get a couple more millimetres.

 

[DistantWolrld101]

You Can try Flipping it so it faces Up i've seen few peeps do this

Or you can find a car with a Hitch and use the hitch to bend the exhaust *while its off the engine* i've done this doing this method also makes it so you won't have the burn mark from a torch


OR OR spend $12 and get offsetCrank ARMS look at the right ones and itll add a Nice bend on the arms which would clear your muffler without having to get a full on extended crank

 

[bikes4ever]

Distant can you give me some links to the offsetcrank, do they have to be a certain size or its like one size for these things

 

[Frogslayer]

I cold bent my exhaust by putting a 3/8ths drive ratchet handle up through a heavy butcher's board work bench

Then i put the exhaust pipe over the handle and pulled like hell lol. Was hard but i got it where i needed to work minimal distortion to the finish on the pipe.

 

[The_Aleman]

That's pretty cool Frogslayer. Too bad chinagirls didn't come with a reverse jug from the factory LOL

 

[China Girl Steve]

They do! Just flip the cylinder around and pay a bit of attention on the gasket.