I wish I wouldn't have read this thread.... Now I just realized I never took mine off either... It's already bugging me

 

With my short exhaust It was not used. Could not get to the bolts holding it on so painted it black. Went to Supertrapp Supermeg 2:1 exhaust and it uses the bracket. Paint it black and ride.

 

Okay - I spent an hour in the garage and got two of the three bolts out. The third one requires a special wrench. T-27 bit and I used a dremmel cut off wheel to shorten the bit and am gluing (with JB Weld) the shorten Torx bit into a 1/4 inch box wrench. When the JB Weld sets, the wrench should be thin enough to fit between the bracket and frame. I will report tomorrow how it goes. If it works, I will be happy to mail the home-made T-27 / 1/4"wrench to anyone else that wants to remove the bracket. All I will ask is that when you are done with it - mail it on to the next guy that wants to use it.

 

your probably the only one who will ever notice it. if you take it off be sure and return the case screws

 

I also got 2 of the bolts out and couldn't get out the last one. Didn't know they sold the tool I might have to look into that.

 

Ya most shops just cut the bracket and it looks like ****. I removed mine and it looks clean.

 

Just to be on the safe side I would heat the area up with a hair dryer first. Those damn torque screws can be a pain.

 

Here's a link to the special tool:

http://www.ntxtools.com/network-tool.../KAS-6538.html

 

I took that bracket off too. I took off what bolts I could reach. Then I tapped the bracket back and forth with a hammer till the bolt got loose and took it out with a pair of pliers. No special tools.

 

I got my bracket off this morning. The tool I made worked only well enough to back the bolt our about 1/4 inch. I used a hacksaw blade (no handle because it would not fit in there) to cut the head off the bolt and the bracket came right off.