How in the F!@K
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From: South Carolina
I did the slide hammer thing on my new quiet baffles, baffle came out in pieces. The quiet baffles are made out of tin ( complete piece of sh#% ). The regular baffles are solid but the quiet are junk.
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ha i just took mine out last nite
1st one was a buzzard 2nd one piece a cake
wd 40 fer sure i bent it a little grabbed it w/ vise grips
then smacked the grips w a hammer and they came out
big city monster baffels?
good luck
1st one was a buzzard 2nd one piece a cake
wd 40 fer sure i bent it a little grabbed it w/ vise grips
then smacked the grips w a hammer and they came out
big city monster baffels?
good luck
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From: Lincoln, NE
I have exile pipes and mine were tought. We ended up catching the inside lip of the baffle with a crow bar, then clenching onto the crow bar with a pair of vice grips and then hitting the vice grips with a pair of pliers. Doing it this way, nothing was damaged and the baffles inched their way out!
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The problem is, the fiberglass gets bunched up and tightens against the baffles and pipe the more you try to pull the baffle out. Some one recommended to wrap the fiberglass with wire first - sounds like this would help. Or, wait til the fiberglass is completely burned out after riding for a few seasons...
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Joined: May 2008
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From: Newcastle, Ca.
I have exile pipes and mine were tought. We ended up catching the inside lip of the baffle with a crow bar, then clenching onto the crow bar with a pair of vice grips and then hitting the vice grips with a pair of pliers. Doing it this way, nothing was damaged and the baffles inched their way out!
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: South Carolina
Same here. Made my own slide hammer. Lubed the baffles, tried with pipes warm, twisted the baffles, tried with pipes cold, hot.... one was completely destroyed and in pieces, the second barely came out after much work...
The problem is, the fiberglass gets bunched up and tightens against the baffles and pipe the more you try to pull the baffle out. Some one recommended to wrap the fiberglass with wire first - sounds like this would help. Or, wait til the fiberglass is completely burned out after riding for a few seasons...
The problem is, the fiberglass gets bunched up and tightens against the baffles and pipe the more you try to pull the baffle out. Some one recommended to wrap the fiberglass with wire first - sounds like this would help. Or, wait til the fiberglass is completely burned out after riding for a few seasons...