New silencer slightly out of round

[mthee]

It's from TEC originally;

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F272899074694

But I got it off a private sale on eBay for £30, sold as one of a pair bought in error.

The inlet to the silencer is slightly out of round - please see photo in which the perfectly round reducer pipe shows the gap by my thumb. Not having fitted one before, is this worth keeping? Is it unreasonable to expect a perfectly round inlet from these cheap silencers? Get a welder to fill the gap? Use gun gum?

[manxie]

I`d be just either using gum-gum exhaust paste or VHT silicone. It`s a nice looking silencer  but choice is yours 

[johnr]

dress it back to shape with a hammer and a piece of steel tube inside it. 5 minutes work to make it the right shape.

[SteveC#222]

dress it back to shape with a hammer and a piece of steel tube inside it. 5 minutes work to make it the right shape.

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[manxie]

 

All time classic 

[iansoady]

Squeeze it in the vice.

[mthee]

Love the video clip! I'll try fettling it then, safe in the knowledge that silicone can make up any shortfall. Thanks.