How do you remove baffles from Baggers? [Archive]

ds06nomad

01-06-2008, 04:39 PM

I have the V&H Baggers on my Nomad and am curious how it'd sound with the baffles removed. I know... "loud". But I want to experience "loud" and form my own opinion.

Are the baffles hard to remove? How does one go about doing it? Are they hard to re-install?

Thanks!
Daryl ???

01-06-2008, 04:42 PM

I have the V&H Baggers on my Nomad and am curious how it'd sound with the baffles removed. I know... "loud". But I want to experience "loud" and form my own opinion.

Are the baffles hard to remove? How does one go about doing it? Are they hard to re-install?

Thanks!
Daryl ???

Easy to remove...... 2 screws on back of pipes. Bafffes slide out. I took mine out and they were way too loud even for me. I cut them in half and put them back in with no packing. Perfect. Deepest, loudest around but not annoying like BD.

Nico

donguer

01-06-2008, 06:16 PM

I took mine out too. Not only loud but the resonance at the rear 3 inch ends gave me a headache not to mention it drove my fuel processor nuts. Revs were all over the place.
If I can find a pair of replacemnet baffles on the cheap I may give Nico's mod a shot. I put them back in. Decided i'd like to keep the friends and neighbors that I have.

01-06-2008, 06:25 PM

I took mine out too. Not only loud but the resonance at the rear 3 inch ends gave me a headache not to mention it drove my fuel processor nuts. Revs were all over the place.
If I can find a pair of replacemnet baffles on the cheap I may give Nico's mod a shot. I put them back in. Decided i'd like to keep the friends and neighbors that I have.

You won't be disappointed.... just saw them half as long. A little deeper and rumblier.

ds06nomad

01-06-2008, 08:26 PM

OK, so I've unscrewed the two screws on the underside at the end of each exhaust tip, but how do I get the baffle out from there? Do I reach in with a needle nose plier and pull them out, or ??? It looks like they're welded to the inside of the exhaust pipe. Or is that just exhaust soot?

Thanks,
DS

01-06-2008, 08:56 PM

OK, so I've unscrewed the two screws on the underside at the end of each exhaust tip, but how do I get the baffle out from there? Do I reach in with a needle nose plier and pull them out, or ??? It looks like they're welded to the inside of the exhaust pipe. Or is that just exhaust soot?

Thanks,
DS

Plyers or what I did was take a little curved pry bar in the opening and pulled it out. It's not welded..... once I got it past the end of the pipe, I kinda tapped it out from underneath.... it'll come out!

dogdoc

01-06-2008, 09:02 PM

SLIDE them out!

01-06-2008, 09:05 PM

Yeh... the carbon buildup makes it a little tough, but they do come out.... after I cut them in half, I used a little Vaseline that I borrowed from BD to slide them back in... ;)

dogdoc

01-06-2008, 09:31 PM

just remove the hairs first ds thats very important right Nico.????

01-06-2008, 09:36 PM

Doc, have you been hanging around Beezer & Basco too much?? lol

ds06nomad

01-07-2008, 06:28 AM

Did you cut the baffles in half lengthwise so they are essentially the same length as original? Or, did you cut them in half so they are half the length as original? Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but I'd hate to do it wrong and find out afterward! http://s2.images.proboards.com/shocked.gif

Thanks again,
Daryl

[quote:3hk5yd0k]OK, so I've unscrewed the two screws on the underside at the end of each exhaust tip, but how do I get the baffle out from there? Do I reach in with a needle nose plier and pull them out, or ??? It looks like they're welded to the inside of the exhaust pipe. Or is that just exhaust soot?

Thanks,
DS

Plyers or what I did was take a little curved pry bar in the opening and pulled it out. It's not welded..... once I got it past the end of the pipe, I kinda tapped it out from underneath.... it'll come out!
[/quote:3hk5yd0k]

01-07-2008, 10:03 AM

Half the length......

donguer

01-07-2008, 01:31 PM

[quote:m1ywvyf8]I took mine out too. Not only loud but the resonance at the rear 3 inch ends gave me a headache not to mention it drove my fuel processor nuts. Revs were all over the place.
If I can find a pair of replacemnet baffles on the cheap I may give Nico's mod a shot. I put them back in. Decided i'd like to keep the friends and neighbors that I have.

You won't be disappointed.... just saw them half as long. A little deeper and rumblier. [/quote:m1ywvyf8]

Nico,
Cut in half and slide them back without any wrapping.

01-07-2008, 05:27 PM

Yup! http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

tomk

01-07-2008, 08:51 PM

I thought you were kidding when you wrote that you were going to cut the baffles in half in your V&H's? Mine were so loud out of the box, I thought the neighbors would complain.

dogdoc

01-08-2008, 01:49 PM

My stock V&H are pretty loud. I haven't thought about ways to make them louder. At least if we want to do it its just 2 screws and not 1 hr chore. My brother has the same pipes but his are a little quieter than mine.

tomk

01-08-2008, 11:02 PM

Doc,

Those guys are allright! Either deaf or outrageous!

rewindgy

01-09-2008, 08:51 AM

Man, and I'm trying to quieten down them V & H's - and you guys are makin them louder!! I must be gettin old or sumtin!!

01-09-2008, 01:04 PM

Man, and I'm trying to quieten down them V & H's - and you guys are makin them louder!! I must be gettin old or sumtin!!

Glad you said it old fart!

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nomadtom

01-09-2008, 10:37 PM

With my Cobra's that you can NOT take the baffles outta the mufflers (pre-removable), I bought 2-4" baffles from J&P Cycle for a whoppin' $7.98 for the pair, mounted them in the header pipes just in front of the muffler connection and I'm really happy! Still has the rumble, but not the "rap". The baffles I bought are for drag/straight pipes BTW.

01-10-2008, 09:49 AM

blowndodge

01-10-2008, 10:41 AM

<marquee>So do you love my big butt????</marquee>

H@LL NO!

01-10-2008, 11:05 AM

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BD is my boy!

Scoot

01-13-2008, 03:03 AM

[quote:uzid3f4l]I have the V&H Baggers on my Nomad and am curious how it'd sound with the baffles removed. I know... "loud". But I want to experience "loud" and form my own opinion.

Are the baffles hard to remove? How does one go about doing it? Are they hard to re-install?

Thanks!
Daryl ???

Easy to remove...... 2 screws on back of pipes. Bafffes slide out. I took mine out and they were way too loud even for me. I cut them in half and put them back in with no packing. Perfect. Deepest, loudest around but not annoying like BD.

Nico[/quote:uzid3f4l]

Great idea Nico.Wish I had come up with that ! :) ;) http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif ;) :)

01-14-2008, 11:25 AM

[quote:3s950yg7]

Easy to remove...... 2 screws on back of pipes. Bafffes slide out. I took mine out and they were way too loud even for me. I cut them in half and put them back in with no packing. Perfect. Deepest, loudest around but not annoying like BD.

Nico

Great idea Nico.Wish I had come up with that ! :) ;) http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif ;) :)[/quote:3s950yg7]

Scoot gets full credit for the mod!!!!!

I love it!!!