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jandaso Full Member Offline Do you want fries with that? Posts: 145	Need help getting the muffler off 03/04/11 at 08:49:48 Can't get the muffler of the header. I have been using wd40 soaking it every time I can for the past day with no results.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28644 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Need help getting the muffler off Reply #1 - 03/04/11 at 08:57:37 It's Hammer time!... ...
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jandaso Full Member Offline Do you want fries with that? Posts: 145	Re: Need help getting the muffler off Reply #2 - 03/04/11 at 09:01:27 I was thinking of banging it against the wall!!! I just don't want to damage the header.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28644 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Need help getting the muffler off Reply #3 - 03/04/11 at 09:05:25 ...might hurt the wall... ... ... really,... not a bad idea... just some easy taps spaced all around the circumference ... You only need to break the bond and it'll practically fall off... ...
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Need help getting the muffler off Reply #4 - 03/04/11 at 09:12:09 Make a cradle for the header to sit in you want to apply pressure at the muffler header joint til it pops then rotate 90° and repeat till you can get it off.
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jandaso Full Member Offline Do you want fries with that? Posts: 145	Re: Need help getting the muffler off Reply #5 - 03/04/11 at 09:17:37 I'm will go get my chipotle now and later I Will go all caveman against that muffler.
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Hades YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 15	Re: Need help getting the muffler off Reply #6 - 03/04/11 at 10:31:09 Try using PB Blaster instead of WD40, or torch it. Put a towel over the header and put a flathead up against the muffler and start tapping it with a hammer. I dunno! Bring it here man we'll figure it out!
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: Need help getting the muffler off Reply #7 - 03/04/11 at 10:38:23 Tech support guys start by asking, "Is the computer on?" So in that spirit I have to ask, did you loosen the clamp? Fortunately, I never had this problem because my bike came with a "custom" exhaust that was held on with a drywall screw stuck in a hole. Not screwed in, just stuck in there.
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: Need help getting the muffler off Reply #8 - 03/04/11 at 11:49:37 Somebody else had one with a drywall screw in it too. Oh heck, that might have been my son's bike when we got it! So 2 people in this world thought that was a good idea! lol Is it just rusted together? I'm trying to think of that rust-disolver stuff, but can't put my finger on what its called.
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jandaso Full Member Offline Do you want fries with that? Posts: 145	Re: Need help getting the muffler off Reply #9 - 03/04/11 at 11:56:50 Everything was off. Only took like 20 hard hits with the hammer to get it off.
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jandaso Full Member Offline Do you want fries with that? Posts: 145	Re: Need help getting the muffler off Reply #10 - 03/04/11 at 12:01:13 Actually the bolt holding the clamps Together broke right in half when I was trying to unscrew them so they were loose in the above picture that looks like it has them still holding the muffler.
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Re: Need help getting the muffler off
Reply #11 - 03/04/11 at 18:58:29

WD isnt the best penetrant, Kroil is good, wintergreen oil s good. Get some real serious penetrating oil in it, let it sit a day. Lay it on whatever y need to to get it supported & fat, with a board under the connection. Gently, lightly, not to bend anything, tap, tap tap,, just enough to shake stuff up in there. Now, ya need someone to help out, someone hold it vertical & someone take a board & hammer & work around ti, tapping down. No go? Add penetrating oil & wait a while. It didnt get stuck in a minute, it mite not get UN stuck in a minute. Thats how Id try it, someone may have a real quick easy idea,,

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Re: Need help getting the muffler off
Reply #12 - 03/04/11 at 19:13:29

PB Blaster is the most effective for the money. Cool

The master mechanic I learned from back in the sixties mixed 50-50 acetone & atf & put it in pump oil cans to use. Worked pretty good & was cheap. Grin

WD40 is best for drying damp plug wires. Not good for much else to me. Huh

And tapping in the area where the clamp was will usually loosen things up without resorting to the BFH. Shocked

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