I took the stock exhaust system off of my twin cam Road King and put on the two-into-two Rinehart system. However, the mufflers now appear to not be in alignment with the lines of the saddlebags and their supports, something that was not out of alignment before with the stock head pipes and some Screaming Eagle slip-ons. Personally, for the price of the system this kind of bothers me.

Does this alignment and/or "fit" issue seem to have occurred to anyone else?

Thanks!

-Carl

 

I had no problem at all. I would call Bub Enterprises and talk to them.


Terry

 

no prob's for me either....... i'd check it out.

 

It took me about one hour to do the install, once I had the stock exhaust off. I'm slow, but the fit was excellent.

 

The key to installing the true duals is not to tighten anything up until you have it all together and lined up. Then torque everything down.

Terry

 

Ok, good point. Maybe I'll loosen everything up, adjust the alignment, and re-tighten everything. Initially, I installed and tightened the headpipes before putting the mufflers on, which now seem to be slightly off and a bit misaligned.

Thanks!

 

Using the advice above from Terry the allignment seems fine...

I do however have a question I am hoping someone can provide input on.

After the install, the left side passenger peg can no longer fold up all the way w/o hitting the pipe. Now I am going to be switching to a passenger floorboard shortly, but is there some sort of spacer I am missing to push the peg out from the frame of the bike?

Thanks!

 

There is only abouth an eight of an inch between the pipe and the footpeg on my bike when the peg is folded up. It looks like the rear cylinder's header pipe does not "hug" the frame and side cover as tightly as the stock exhaust system does. I've looked at other bikes and this appears rather common.

I got the left side muffler to liine up (align) better but I had to elongate the holes in the bracket which supports the muffler to the saddlebag support. This allowed the muffler to "shift" outwards about one quarter of an inch, making alignment much better (but not quiet perfect).

Anyone else with any input?

Carl

 

There is a 1/4" thick spacer that comes with the kit. The spacer goes between the rear head pipe tab and the starter bracket. That spacer will pull the left side pipe in closer and eliminate the problem.

 

Yeah, I used the spacer as instructed, but it has nothing to do with the pipe itself. The pipe is just too wide! I am in an e-mail exchange with Bub and might be sending it back for warrantee service.

I'll keep y'all posted!

Carl