Is there just the one clamp holding the stock lower heat shield (at the junction of muffler/header) on? I don't wanna start putting too much muscle into it if something else is holding it on, but looking at the Clymers, that's it. I really want to get the muffler off without taking the whole header loose and replacing the gasket and all.
Edit: Bah, curse my impatience; went ahead and took the whole shebang off. If it doesn't seal up tight, I'll just have to order a new gasket and suffer through this wonderful weather with no bike. :'(
Anyway, got it all apart, and both the brackets on the new muff would work on the stock bracket and spacing would be fine with the header. Unfortunately, the angle would
not. So just going to use one hole (no double entendre there, get yer mind outta the gutter!
) in the bracket, and get the fancy 7° adapter piece at the muff shop in the morning. Why oh why is there no 24 hour muff shop for us graveyard shift types?!
Not sure whether or not to reuse the stock heat shield. The shop I got the muff at had a ton of H-D shields just begging to be chopped up for a more "savage" purpose.