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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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Last night I helped a friend remove, well try to remove, the baffles from the V&amp\\;H exhaust.&nbsp\\; I have replaced mine and it was very easy.&nbsp\\; These wouldn't budge.&nbsp\\; Tried letting the motor run for about 10 minutes to heat the exhaust up and that helped a little.&nbsp\\; Also tried WD-40 with little success.&nbsp\\; Come to find out, he had used packing tape to hold the fiberglass in place on the baffles when he installed them!!!!!&nbsp\\; I am pretty sure that the tape has melted and gummed up around the baffles!!!!&nbsp\\; Any ideas on how to remove them????&nbsp\\; Anything to dissolve the tape??&nbsp\\; Any special tools to help remove??&nbsp\\; Any help is greatly appreciated.
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I would go to the next joint up stream of the baffles and take it off and drive the baffles out from that end and pull on the back at the same time.
 
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