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MrBrownTX Full Member Offline Posts: 242 Caddo Mills TX Gender:	Re: removing existing muffler clamp bolt-NEED help Reply #15 - 08/06/11 at 12:04:47 I wouldn't normaly buy a raptor petcock
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Reply #16 - 08/06/11 at 12:35:43

At this time, I Must Add,, If you start working another muffler on there & realize it just Will NOT go as far as it Must go in order to get the rear bolts in, then if you do what I did, & grind a short piece off the end of the header, you gotta make sure you move the battery vent tube,, I shot sparks by mine & the Bat Tree DEE flippin Sploded,, & I spent a few, washing & cleaning the bike with baking soda & water to get th battery acid out of everything..

Costly error,, avoid it..

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MrBrownTX Full Member Offline Posts: 242 Caddo Mills TX Gender:	Re: removing existing muffler clamp bolt-NEED help Reply #17 - 08/06/11 at 13:39:26 Wow good story to share. I dont want to go cutting off anything I might need. I started it up with just the header it it was a beautiful sound aside from it running so rough and sputtering away till it died. It reminded me of my dad's Harley, just a little bit.
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: removing existing muffler clamp bolt-NEED help Reply #18 - 08/06/11 at 16:04:52 It will probably be easier to tighten the header bolts last. That way there is no strain on any of the other parts.
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Reply #19 - 08/07/11 at 10:13:39

arteacher wrote on 08/06/11 at 16:04:52:

It will probably be easier to tighten the header bolts last. That way there is no strain on any of the other parts.

Actually I would do the exact opposite. if I may say so with all due respect. The header bolts in the head are actually the most fragile component. Not the bolts itself, but the threads in the aluminum head can get stripped easily. I always have all the bolts on the exhaust loose and then pre-align everything, then hand tighten the bolts and make the final alignment. Then I tighten the header bolts and then the rest. This way you take the tension out of the system and minimize the strain on the header bolts.

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