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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 05:14 PM
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The baffle of one of the mufflers is rattling. It is rattling where the baffle and the pipe come together on the inside of the muffler. I have applied muffler crack sealer to the baffle so there would be no gaps in the joint and reassembled, but in a few miles, that fix breaks down and I get the rattle again. Screws are in good and tight, plus locktite.

Anyone else have had this problem? If so, what did you do to fix.
 
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 08:06 PM
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I pulled the baffles out and punched the end plugs out of them. I've seen that some have the plug and some don't, mine did. Of course the sound got a bit louder but no more rattles. Oh the bike shakes more at idle too.
 
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