Cycleshack slip on help
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Cycleshack slip on help
I have a set of cycleshack slip ons on in the mail!Just was wondering about any tips, tricks or basic instillation ideas for 2007 street bob. I grew up on farm as fixed things (twine and wire mostly
)but just want to be sure that my bike is done right. Looked at factory mufflers that will come off and does not look to hard at all. Just new to working on my bike and I'd rather ask for advice now rather than after I've done something that was obviously stupid! I'll get some pictures taken when it's done. Thanks for any info.
)but just want to be sure that my bike is done right. Looked at factory mufflers that will come off and does not look to hard at all. Just new to working on my bike and I'd rather ask for advice now rather than after I've done something that was obviously stupid! I'll get some pictures taken when it's done. Thanks for any info.
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RE: Cycleshack slip on help
I did my 06. Trickiest part is not over-tightening the clamps. I re-used mine, but some say to get new ones. I'm sure someone will give you the lowdown on that aspect. Lotta 'bang for the buck' in slip ons.
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RE: Cycleshack slip on help
There's a bracket connecting the mufflers to one another under. There are 2 bolts through the bracket into each muffler. Loosen those, and take off the bracket.
Then, loosen the clamps holding each muffler to the exhaust pipe.
At this point you're ready to begin pulling off each muffler. It will either be a piece of cake, or a real pain in the ***. Just be careful not to wrench on the pipes too bad because you can unseat the seal where the pipes meet the head. I've heard this will give your exhaust a chirping noise. Haven't experienced it myself.
Slide your new clamps on to the pipe before slipping on your new mufflers (buy new clamps... they're cheap).
What I did was reconnect the bracket to each muffler loosly so I could slip on both mufflers as kind of one unit since they're now bracketed together. This helped keep everything somewhat in line and it only took a few small adjustments after that to twist each pipe into position and begin tightening everything down.
Make final adjustments to get them straight, and tighten everything down (4 bolts holding bracket, and two clamps).
Here's a thread I started not too long ago on this subject. It really is easy as hell: https://www.hdforums.com/m_2122722/tm.htm
Then, loosen the clamps holding each muffler to the exhaust pipe.
At this point you're ready to begin pulling off each muffler. It will either be a piece of cake, or a real pain in the ***. Just be careful not to wrench on the pipes too bad because you can unseat the seal where the pipes meet the head. I've heard this will give your exhaust a chirping noise. Haven't experienced it myself.
Slide your new clamps on to the pipe before slipping on your new mufflers (buy new clamps... they're cheap).
What I did was reconnect the bracket to each muffler loosly so I could slip on both mufflers as kind of one unit since they're now bracketed together. This helped keep everything somewhat in line and it only took a few small adjustments after that to twist each pipe into position and begin tightening everything down.
Make final adjustments to get them straight, and tighten everything down (4 bolts holding bracket, and two clamps).
Here's a thread I started not too long ago on this subject. It really is easy as hell: https://www.hdforums.com/m_2122722/tm.htm
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