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Old Aug 27, 2014 | 12:58 PM
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oh wear rubber gloves.

and when you get the new pipes on wipe them down with carb cleaner twice.

then rubbing alcohol


then windex twice

if you start the bike with grease or fingerprints on the chrome you may be looking at it forever


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Old Aug 27, 2014 | 04:16 PM
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If there are two people it is often easier. One twists and pulls while the other whacks them with a soft rubber mallet.

Same thing to put the new ones back on.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2014 | 05:19 PM
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***WARNING, WARNING*** hammer sequence initiated.
Should not need a hammer.
Take your time, ( That's what she said) no hurry be happy.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2014 | 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Fast Aire
Remove bags....Loosen the muffler clamps & slide out of the way, spray a little WD40 on the slots at the muffler end & wait a few minutes. Grab the mufflers at the rear, give them a few twists & pull towards the back. Should come right off.
+1 what I did! To put the new ones on I spayed WD40 on the end of the header and used a little wet/dry 600 grid paper to clean off the grim and they slid right on.
 

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