putting short shots on my 2012 nightster today. how should i approach removing these old exhaust gaskets? seem pretty stuck on there.any help would be appreciated.

 

use a pick...thats what i used (mines curved like a hook), just be careful and dont gouge the jug removing them

 

got them, just used some pliers and pulled them right out. i have new gaskets from genuine james. they seem alot thinner than the old ones. that normal. they fit in the ports so i know they are the right size just seem a little thin?

 

are they crush gaskets or the thin *** copper ones?

 

Needle nose pliers does the trick...every time.

 

If they are the Knitted Wire Exhaust Seals then you are fine, they are simalar to the Harley SE gaskets.

 

That's what I used.

 

I used the SE gaskets. They work just fine

 

Hey guys
I just finished up changing out my old cam plate and tensioners on my 2005 tc88. I used the screaming eagle kit with new primary cam sprokets and chain and a high volume oil pump. The bike has 24,500 miles on it and the cam chain tensioners looked suprisingly well, but after reading so many horror stories about the tc88's grenading because of the old designed tensioners, it seemed like the thing to do.

Anyway I didn't mean to steal the post. My exhaulst gaskets look like shreadded steel wool in places, and in other places it still looks like a solid ring of metal. I was trying to remove them with needle nose plyers and the material just shredded apart. Do any of you know any trick on how to remove the gaskets from the jugs.
Thanks Much; John Wilson flstni

 

Me too worked very well. As far as the shredded wheat gasket I had one that was bad and I used a small flat screwdriver and pry out a part of it. Then I grabbed the part that was out with the pliers and just pulled it out.