Shimming a slip-on?

[Bill]

Hey guys, this is not necessarily Ducati specific - on my Supersport, the left muffler (Remus Titanium High Mount) shifts a little at the slip-on point: the hanger is still good and solid(ish) but the 'slip-on' end rotates easily and seems ready to 'slip-off' if given the chance.
It doesn't look to be too terrible, but I think I need to shim the join a little.

Anyone got an idea what material I should use to shim?

[mrgrn]

2000, a oldtimer

either have it expanded at a muffler shop or use teflon tape like on the sato product line

i heard high temp silicone works too but messy

[Bill]

Originally Posted by mrgrn

2000, a oldtimer

either have it expanded at a muffler shop or use teflon tape like on the sato product line

i heard high temp silicone works too but messy

Blimey, you're right - I've been on here a while. The bike's still running like a trooper too.
Thanks for the tip mrgrn. I'll look into the Teflon tape idea.

[mrgrn]

Originally Posted by Bill

Blimey, you're right - I've been on here a while. The bike's still running like a trooper too.
Thanks for the tip mrgrn. I'll look into the Teflon tape idea.

works like a charm or so i am told

nice to see you and let me at least know how that works so if not i will stop telling people to do it

[Multitard]

I've used a cut up coke can on me old British Twin, that may be too archaic for you though....

[Bill]

I used teflon tape just like MrGrn said. It is very thin so I wrapped it round about 4 times before it made a difference - this seems to have worked just fine. It made a nice seal and there're no adverse effects that I can detect.

For the record though, the overall majority opinion from people I've asked was the aluminium beer can solution. I was quite keen to do it but failed to get a consensus of which beer was best for this year Supersport, so I opted for the teflon tape.

Thanks guys.