My wife has a 2013 deluxe and I've been trying to get out the baffles and they wont come out. I drilled arpund the weld on my Road Glide and they pulled right out and sound AMAZING. NO noticible reduction in performance or fuel mileage. Please no lectures on taking them out. So I tried to drill them out the same way around the weld and they wont pull out. Took off the glass packs and theres a sort of mesh inside the back. I tried pushing them through and that doesnt work. The baffle will move back and forth about a 1/2 inch and thats about it. Anyone know what I can do to TAKE THEM OUT? Thanks!

 

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Yeah I tried that, I don't think mine are the same. There seems to be this weird mesh stuff behind the baffle that is the diameter of the entire pipe. At this point it seems like they just wont come out.mguess Ill have to buy her some slipons. Thanks for your reply though.

 

If it's like my Breakout then you have the catalyst material built into the muffler/baffle. That mesh stuff you are talking about, is it a hard silver/gray honeycomb looking stuff? I did mine the other day and I just used the handle of a hammer (rubber coated handle mind you) and tapped on it with another hammer to knock the whole baffle out from the back. Just be gentle so you don't break the catalyst material, you want something large enough with enough surface area against the catalyst so it doesn't punch through. The whole baffle will slide out and you can remove the insulation wrap and drill holes or whatever you plan on doing from there.

 

New pipes.....
....................Then remove baffles...

Dont ruin the stock one by drilling and messing them up.
Someone will buy your pipes that are unaltered.

 

I'll try again, thanks. It is like you describe. Does the mesh stuff come out too? It looks like it is the diameter of the larger area of the pipe so it won't squeeze through the back end that narrows?

 

Yeah soooooo.....too late lol

 

If it's like mine the catalyst material (mesh stuff) is part of the baffle, and the entire baffle slides out.

 

Since they are "slip-ons", just slip them off. And push the guts out with a broom handle.

 

Why not just take the whole muffler off?