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Re: Help! OEM Heat Shield Rubbing on OEM Header!
Reply #30 - 07/31/09 at 18:44:15  
Oh, fiddlesticks!

I checked the header/shield clearance right after riding the bike.  Something (heat?) caused the gap to disappear entirely and the header was again in contact with the forward exhaust shield.

After everything cooled down, the gap magically reappeared.

My next step will be to place some washers directly inboard of the forward exhaust shield mounting holes to move the entire shield outboard.
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Re: Help! OEM Heat Shield Rubbing on OEM Header!
Reply #31 - 08/01/09 at 20:31:14  
Well, I removed the forward exhaust shield, put one fairly thick washer on each of the two mounting bolts, put the shield back on and torqued everything down.

End of problem.  No more rubbing.

I also removed the washers I had added to the rear muffler mount bolt:  



They had helped the clearance issue a little, but not enough.

End of problem!

Thanks to all who offered suggestions.
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