Pedal not clearing the Exaust

I got a motor kit from Chris Hill in thunder bay. It works great but the pedal arm does not seem to want to clear the muffler well. It dings it every time it goes around. My friend who installed it had to take a hammer to it to put dents in it. It clears it much better then before. It wouldn't even go past the exhaust the pedal arm. He even tried bending the exhaust abit and that worked for a couple days and now it seems it has bent back and making the pedal arm hit it when I have to pedal. Suggestions ?

Take a pipe that fits over the pedal arm and bend it out a bit. That's what Cruiser did. Of course you pedal arm won't be the best for pedalling and I don't know if you want to do that to your bike, but it worked for him.

Or take the muffler off and pound a bigger dent in it.

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You can put a little heat on the exhaust pipe and carefully bend it out of the way. But you have to do it very carefully or it will kink the pipe. And you will have a discolored spot where you heated it.....................

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I have never heard of a bent pipe which unbends itself. I would check the motor mounts to make sure they are not shifting or getting loose which would change the alignment of the exhaust pipe...

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Good catch, I second that emotion!

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