looking for advice with baffle trouble
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looking for advice with baffle trouble
I received a set of quite baffles for my V&H Big Shot Staggards.
One of the baffles was hard to get in and I had to slightly tap it in.
I tapped in just past the set screw and I can't seem to get it to slide back out at all.
Is it alright to just leave the baffle as is without being secured by the set screw?
The end cap of the pipe will prevent the baffle from coming out of the pipe so I'm not worried about that.
Does anyone have any recommendations on how I might get the baffle to slide out just a bit so I can get the set screw in or should I just leave well enough alone?
By the way, I like the quite baffles sound and it really didn't quite the pipes a whole lot.
Thanks,
One of the baffles was hard to get in and I had to slightly tap it in.
I tapped in just past the set screw and I can't seem to get it to slide back out at all.
Is it alright to just leave the baffle as is without being secured by the set screw?
The end cap of the pipe will prevent the baffle from coming out of the pipe so I'm not worried about that.
Does anyone have any recommendations on how I might get the baffle to slide out just a bit so I can get the set screw in or should I just leave well enough alone?
By the way, I like the quite baffles sound and it really didn't quite the pipes a whole lot.
Thanks,
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You'll have to fix it. If it's not screwed in sooner or later it will come flying out the back of the pipe. A couple of things you could try would be a lube like wf-40 or it might work to fire up the bike to get the pipes hot. That might make them expand enough to allow the baffle to slide out a bit. I had the quiet baffles in my pipes and had a problem with the tack welds on one not being any good and allowing the three pieces to slide apart. Nothing came out but I had an intermittent rattle that drove me nuts for a while before I figured it out. I replaced them with Big City Thunder Quality Quiet baffles which are much better made and give it a little louder and deeper sound. Either way make sure you get the baffles screwed in before you end up losing them on the road some where. I'm attaching a pic of what happened to my baffles
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+1 on coat hanger... Make a hook and pull. Heating up the pipes is not a bad idea. I installed mine last year and love the sound. But they are a b to line up to the set screw hole. I used a hole-punch that I inserted through the hole on the pipe and wiggled it into the screw hole to make it line up... Hope it helps!
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Thanks to all for the motivation to get back at it.
I was close to lining it up, so I took a small allen wrench and worked it in the hole and then kept increasing the allen wrench size until it was all lined up and I was able to get screw in.
Thanks for all the advice.
I was close to lining it up, so I took a small allen wrench and worked it in the hole and then kept increasing the allen wrench size until it was all lined up and I was able to get screw in.
Thanks for all the advice.
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If they are too tight in there, the coat hanger will probably not work. My suggestion is to take off the muffler, and stand it on end. Then insert a round wooden dowel in the end that goes into the pipes, and strike the dowel a few times with a hammer. That should make the baffle pop out. That and WD40 will do the trick.
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I have used a 1/8 in welding rod bent in a small horse shoe on one end that will go around the post in the baffle end, if Urs has one, its a lot stronger than a coat hanger, then U can attach a vice grip on the other end and tap it with a hammer to remove a stubborn baffle.
Or get a slide hammer puller and make a hook to put on the end of it.
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Or get a slide hammer puller and make a hook to put on the end of it.
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I don't know why one of the pipes was so tight.
I read on another thread it mentioned that it may be due to carbon buildup.
We'll I guess that makes some sense.
The second pipe I did the baffle was snug, but I was able to slide it end and out without too much trouble.
For those faced with a tight fit as I did, I would recommend you spray some WD40 in the open pipe or on the baffle and then slide the baffle in.
Just my thoughts.
Thanks,
I read on another thread it mentioned that it may be due to carbon buildup.
We'll I guess that makes some sense.
The second pipe I did the baffle was snug, but I was able to slide it end and out without too much trouble.
For those faced with a tight fit as I did, I would recommend you spray some WD40 in the open pipe or on the baffle and then slide the baffle in.
Just my thoughts.
Thanks,
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If you kept the fiberglass insulation on yours, I would chalk it up on one of the baffles being wound differently, or the insulation getting bunched up when it was being inserted, although carbon is a possibility too... or a combo of these? I think I taped mine with masking tape... or was that when I did my QQ Monster Baffles?
I actually prefer the sound with the quiet baffles to my QQs so am running the V&Hs now... My town passed a bylaw that we can't be over 92dB on idle and 94dB at 2,000 rpm. I was way over with my QQs and am right on the boarder of legality with the V&Hs. I believe they dropped me down 2 or 3dB and seems to me they give the bike a deeper tone.
I actually prefer the sound with the quiet baffles to my QQs so am running the V&Hs now... My town passed a bylaw that we can't be over 92dB on idle and 94dB at 2,000 rpm. I was way over with my QQs and am right on the boarder of legality with the V&Hs. I believe they dropped me down 2 or 3dB and seems to me they give the bike a deeper tone.
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