Rush baffle removal. Any tips?

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Oct 29, 2010 | 07:10 PM

cdestuck

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Rush baffle removal. Any tips?

Trying to pull the baffles out of my Rush slip ons. Not going too well. First I had to dremel out the bolt and nuts at the rear of the muffler. Baffle looks pretty solid in the opening. So I took a two feet piece of rebar and made a hook at one end and a rt angle at the other. Hooked one end of the rebar into the baffle and hammered on the rt angle at the other end. This bugger looks like it aint coming out. Have also sprayed Kroil in at the back end of the baffle. Any tips on getting this baby out?

Oct 29, 2010 | 07:51 PM

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Dan, I feel your pain. Also have the scars to prove it. This is what I've found. You may not like it but it is what it is.

If the baffle will spin in the can then the insulation has bunched up in between the baffle and the inner part of the muffler can.

Get a piece of wood no smaller than a 2 x 4. Take the muffler off and soak it in soapy water. Put on a pair of leather gloves and slam the outlet end of the muffler on the piece of wood as hard as you can over and over. The shock and inertia will allow the baffle to start moving it's way out. You can then put a piece of pipe in the inlet end and support the muffler can (you'll come up a way). Take the piece of pipe and finish the job by pounding the pipe on the baffle from the inlet end. Yes, this will ruin the insulation but it's ruined anyway.

If the baffle will not spin inside the can then the baffle and can are corroded together.

Take off your saddle bags and put your mufflers back on. Run the bike and get the mufflers as hot as you can then use a water hose and douse the baffle inside the muffler to cool it off quickly. The density of the two types of metal will expand and contract at different rates. You can then use your rebar tool and hammer to break the baffle loose, this is why you remove your saddle bags or you will hit them with the hammer... then see the wood and soapy water trick above if they don't come out after breaking them loose.

Oct 29, 2010 | 09:49 PM

jandt

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They most likely look like this......When I did mine I took a quick ride and got em hot.....they pulled right out...

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Oct 29, 2010 | 10:15 PM

WEINERDOGBONE

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Spray it down with WD40, get a block of wood, start on the forward end and beat it out with a hammer. I usually sit on a stool and hold the muffler between my feet so the muffler doesn't touch the ground.

Oct 29, 2010 | 10:59 PM

jimmers1817

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I've had mine out a few times and never had a problem. Remove screw on bottom and pull baffle out. They even have a grab bar at the end. Wonder what caused it to seize up inside like that.

Oct 30, 2010 | 08:21 PM

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Had to work mine back and forth a few times with a hammer and screwdriver. WD 40 and dont scratch the pipe. 1 came out with a few pulls and the other needed a beating.

Oct 30, 2010 | 08:48 PM

oct1949

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From: 40 miles Northeast of Indy..

Had mine out a 1k and again at 16k..

their a Trox bolt that U unscrew in the bottom of the pipes..

then I took a 12 long by 1/4 rod and bent a J hook on the end, then took a pair of channel locks and clamped them on the end and tapped them out..

just wonder if Ur doing it to see what they sound like without the baffles,,, take my word for it, U won't like it,,, If U want louder just order a bigger set of baffles.

Or are U wanting to rewrap them, if so just call Rush and they'll send U some new packing...

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