Install of Vance and Hines power duals

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May 26, 2011 | 06:52 AM

dspencer

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Install of Vance and Hines power duals

Thinking of doing install myself and wondered how difficult it is. I know they provide instructions but how would you guys rate difficulty factor? Thanks

May 26, 2011 | 07:01 AM

laduckslayer

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I'm no wrench, and I did it myself on my 2010 UC. Actually, my sixteen year old son did all the wrenching and I did the reading and supervising (beer drinking). Most time consuming part was removal of the HD exhaust gaskets - seems as if they are pressed in at the factory (my opinion at least). The other time consuming part was the installing the heat shields - nothing difficult, but getting all those little screws and worm rings lined up was enough to crack open a new beer. Overall difficult rating of 2 on a ten scale. It took about two hours to complete.

A good jack / left is paramount.

May 26, 2011 | 07:07 AM

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Thanks. I got the black power duals. It looked like it was a one piece unit without heat shields but pic might be deceiving.

May 26, 2011 | 07:43 AM

Coach1

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One of the easiest upgrades requiring the wrench and the best part is you begin to get familiar with your bike and build confidence that do most routine maintenance yourself. V&H provides step by step detailed instruction

May 26, 2011 | 07:59 AM

dspencer

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Great. I am not a wrench either. Already talked to fuel moto and they gave me recommendation on tuner. Hope I'm up for this

May 26, 2011 | 10:15 AM

papifun

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can someone please attach a photo for a 2011 install to where which O2 sensor goes ? the 2011 02 sensors on stock pipes are right next to eachother vs V&H power duals.. i will be doing mine in 2 weeks finally along with AC and PV install. i dont want to get the )2 sensors mixed up.. on My V&H power duals, one bung is close to top of cylinder that cuts out when EITMS kicks in and other bung is near the X-Over... its not clear on the instructions... please help.

May 26, 2011 | 11:32 AM

Ouroboros

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Easy job. Just make sure you have plenty of towels handy, lay them on the bike everywhere. Helps keep scratches down to a minimum.

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May 26, 2011 | 12:24 PM

HDThunder

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Originally Posted by papifun

The bung in the pipe close to the rear cylinder is obviously for the rear and that would be the O2 with the black connector. The one for the front cylinder would be the one near the cross over and that one is grey. Just match up the colors when you're reconnecting the sensors.

I don't have a picture but it really couldn't be any simpler than what I described.

As far as the install the two things that are potential "gotchas" are:

1) Getting all the heat shields lined up correctly... and be damn careful not to scratch the pipe shields with the crossover shield which lays on top of them.
2) Tightening the head pipe front bracket because there is almost no room to work. They actually want you to install the head pipe, take the head pipe back off and then finish tightening the bracket. I wasn't going for that and just used a ball head allen wrench.

Last edited by HDThunder; May 26, 2011 at 12:31 PM.