Has anyone cleaned their 200SX's Sprark Arrestor??...I heard you should clean them once in a while, how do you clean them??, give me more detail please.

 

I don't think you can unless you grind the welds off. It seems my first 200sx could be removed but I know this one cant. Try using a dremel tool to cut the welds.

 

A 300ex has a similar exhaust and you can take its spark arrestor out so i don't see why you can't do it to a 200sx.

 

I will have to see if the pipe is welded together and in one piece or in 2 pieces

If it is then can't you just take out the 2 screws that are sort of inside the pipe at the back but on a bevel edge??

 

You don't have to cut anything guys. Just take the screws out of the bottom of the silencer out ( there might be 1 or 2 i can't remember) and rev it up higher than usual for a few minutes and it suppose to blow out some carbon. Thats what the manual syas to do. I just took mine out and left them and it was a little louder. Be real careful because they are more than likely rusty and will ring off easily.

 

I tried to take out those bolts, they both broke off inside the holes, now I'm screwed and I don't know what to do....I got the blockers off that are on there, I turned it on and carbon was coming out, not alot though. Looked pretty damn rusty in the hole, probably from all my water riding

 

just go buy one of those $85 cobra pipes for the sx. they don't have spark arrestors so you won't have to worry about it.

 

Don't be crazy, you need a spark arrestor in most states...legally. If you want to I have heard a 400 ex pipe or the 250ex pipe(either) will mount to the 200sx. I am now looking at the same thing on mine and I know there are some welds on the silencer. I don't know why Honda did it. Try extracting the broken bolts. I think the dremel idea would still work.

 

ATVMAN, did you have to drill any holes for your racks in the plastic?

 

Ya my friend has a cobra pipe on his '87 suzuki 230, similar to yours bermbanger but it's red, those pipes make alot of noise, but I don't care.

I can't use a dremel because the bolts are broken off in the holes and now they are flush so I might have to heat it up with a tortch and maybe use a screwdriver to make a mould and then un-screw it out.

fastrax- My 200SX came with the racks when I bought it, but there are holes in the fenders, one on each side of about 1" in diameter.