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SavageWahine
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10/16/07 at 16:01:13
Well I tried to "feel" today where the hole in the muffler might be. I started her op and felt around the area that had a bunch of soot (underneath the bike). I felt air hitting my hand and sprayed soap on it, sure enough, bubbles!
Just so you can see what we have to deal with here in Hawaii, a picture of my unsightly muffler.
I think this bike was dropped at some point, or hit a high speed bump. Look where the bracket is bent, and poking into the muffler pipe. I think that's where the culprit is. What do you think?
How am I going to get that straightened out? I'm going to have to bend the metal piece just to get to the bolt.
this is going to require lots of liquid wrench!
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10/16/07 at 16:11:04
Small chisel & a 1 pound hammer, drive the bent piece off of the head of the bolt far enough to get a socket on. You may be able to get something longer, like a pry bar on there, I dunno. I like hallering on longer things, it gives my fingers time to retreat if I mess up with the hammer. Yea, the fact it's been smacked is part of the problem. Most likely, anyway.
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10/16/07 at 19:27:08
The air you're feeling is coming form the slots in the end of the muffler, bad gasket thing/doughnut. That is if yo have the OEM muffler.
I think clamp most likely is history. Trying to save it may need more banging than the muffler could handle.
I think a dremel and cut-off wheel would be a good choice. Get the strap
almost
cut thru and then a small screwdriver to break the remaining metal.
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10/16/07 at 19:42:48
Is the strap an OEM part, or can I get a muffler clamp from the auto part store?
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10/16/07 at 21:16:49
Start with WD40 when it is cold. Liberally. Wait a long while.
Try to bend if off the bolt head (as mentioned) and get a socket on it and loosen it...
Could get a torch involved too to loosen it up but you might need help with that....T-Mack mentioned a Dremel. Yep. Be careful.
Somebody was leaning good on that side, eh? Or was it a speed bump? Or climbing a volcano?
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Savage_Greg wrote
on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10:
Or climbing a volcano?
I think if it had been a volcano the muffler might have actually looked fascinating!
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10/17/07 at 07:13:31
Well, you can look at it like this...that rust is in the best possible place. Out of sight
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10/17/07 at 08:42:55
Before any grinding, make sure the battery overflow is either plugged or isolated. Or remove battery entirely.
Sparks can ignite battery fumes which are hydrogen.
Don't want to see explode the battery.
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10/17/07 at 09:09:13
Gee, I can't believe I forgot to ment ion that little detail. Good call, cuz I popped mine..it was pretty spectacular, too.
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Before any grinding, make sure the battery overflow is either plugged or isolated. Or remove battery entirely.
Sparks can ignite battery fumes which are hydrogen.
Don't want to see explode the battery.
I ended up buying a pretty expensive battery when I got the bike, it doesn't have an overflow like the OEM one. But I'll disconnect the negative just for safety.
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10/17/07 at 11:48:53
harleys use exhaust clamps like those, automotive type look more like "u" bolts. a chisel type tool, should be able persuade that bracket clear enough to get a socket on the bolt. i'd use a 1/2" drive ratchet, and plan on the bolt breaking, but your luck may be better than mine.
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10/17/07 at 13:44:07
These folks seem to have most of what I've looked for in exhaust supplies (and a lot of other good stuff too).
http://www.jegs.com/
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10/17/07 at 19:13:51
azjay wrote
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but your luck may be better than mine.
Now I had to laugh!!
I guess by seeing how many posts I've posted since the end of July, you can establish I've not been very lucky so far. In fact it's dawning on me that I bought a lemon! Still love her, but boy!!!! I'm just about ready to put her into a junkyard!
(nah, not really, but I am getting tired of fixing things).
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SavageWahine wrote
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I ended up buying a pretty expensive battery when I got the bike, it doesn't have an overflow like the OEM one. But I'll disconnect the negative just for safety.
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SavageWahine wrote
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Now I had to laugh!!
I guess by seeing how many posts I've posted since the end of July, you can establish I've not been very lucky so far. In fact it's dawning on me that I bought a lemon! Still love her, but boy!!!! I'm just about ready to put her into a junkyard!
(nah, not really, but I am getting tired of fixing things).
Why do you call it a Lemon? I'm thinking that it was just abused.
Now, did you feed that clamp some WD40? It looks undernourished.
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