Debaffling and need your help

AlabamaNomadRider · 08-14-2009, 02:48 PM

Hope you guys can help me with this. I cut through the weld on the right exhaust, it is completely through the weld and the baffle will move about but it doesn't want to come out. When I get the needle nose on it and pull it feels like it is attached at the front end. Does the '08 attach at the front end? I really need you guys help on this. Once again thanks in advance. Hey Trip if you happen to read this I didn't mean to cause a problem for the guy that told you to remove him from membership. It is just that anyone that offered me advice did it through the thread I had posted and this guy sent me an email. Then when I went through the membership I couldn't find a name of mcclellan on the roster. Didn't mean to make him mad but I thought he should have answered in the thread.

bobhamlin · 08-14-2009, 02:53 PM

Not sure if the 2008 is any different from the 2006, but one of my baffles also felt like it was attached with something extra. It wasn't. Just took a little more yanking and twisting before it popped loose.

blowndodge · 08-14-2009, 03:11 PM

the ends slides into another tube and the crap on the exhaust makes it stick inside it!

AlabamaNomadRider · 08-14-2009, 03:31 PM

Brad any thoughts on what I need to do? I could use any help that can be provided.

blowndodge · 08-14-2009, 03:39 PM

Get a big set of channel locks and just keep twisting the baffle clockwise and counter clockwise all the while pulling on it. You might even start the bike and have the vibration of the exhaust help it seperate.

Trust me if you cut all the way through the weld and that baffle now moves a little it will come out. It just takes some longer to slide out due to the carbon buildup. Patience.

cactusjack · 08-14-2009, 04:04 PM

BD is right. (Did I say that out loud?

) It's carbon build-up on the end of the tube. There's nothing mechanical securing it on the inside end. It's a tube that slips into a fitting or plate on the inside end.

AlabamaNomadRider · 08-14-2009, 04:15 PM

I have used the pliers and pulled and twisted to no avail. The back part wiggles like crazy but I make no headway getting it to start coming out. I am at my wits end.

**Cajunrider** · 08-14-2009, 04:28 PM

Get a pair of vise grips and grab the end as tight as the vice grips will allow. Twist it back an forth while pulling. It will come out. Crank the engine and allow the pipes to get hot. Grab with a vice grip and yank it out.

blowndodge · 08-14-2009, 04:38 PM

Don't stress Bamaman. It will come out. Wiggling like you said is a good sign its not frozen in there. Carbon is just making it difficult. It could take 100 attempts but it will break free. Once you see the other end you'll ask yourself how the heck did it stick in there!! It does.

blowndodge · 08-14-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cactusjack

BD is right. (Did I say that out loud?

)

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bugman · 08-14-2009, 04:42 PM

vise grips and twist and pull,that what i had to do, you think your gonna break something, but all i broke was a little weld holding it in the back of the baffle

AlabamaNomadRider · 08-14-2009, 04:43 PM

Thanks for your help, I will keep working at it. I did manage to get a metal shaving in my ring finger on my left hand. Geez that little sucker hurts when I touch it but don't see a darn thing.

AlabamaNomadRider · 08-14-2009, 04:59 PM

Bugman, you said you broke a little weld at the back. Are you talking about the back of the exhaust where I am doing the pulling or the front end of the baffle? I have cut completely through the weld as far as I can determine. I can see something silver through the cut that I made. It is may a half inch or more ahead of the cut I made through the weld.

blowndodge · 08-14-2009, 05:00 PM

Have your wife kiss it, put a bandaid on it and give you a big ol hug!!

AlabamaNomadRider · 08-14-2009, 05:03 PM

Thanks Brad. I will try that.

08-14-2009, 02:48 PM	#1
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Debaffling and need your help Hope you guys can help me with this. I cut through the weld on the right exhaust, it is completely through the weld and the baffle will move about but it doesn't want to come out. When I get the needle nose on it and pull it feels like it is attached at the front end. Does the '08 attach at the front end? I really need you guys help on this. Once again thanks in advance. Hey Trip if you happen to read this I didn't mean to cause a problem for the guy that told you to remove him from membership. It is just that anyone that offered me advice did it through the thread I had posted and this guy sent me an email. Then when I went through the membership I couldn't find a name of mcclellan on the roster. Didn't mean to make him mad but I thought he should have answered in the thread. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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08-14-2009, 02:53 PM	#2
bobhamlin Advanced Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Thurmont MD Posts: 760	Debaffling and need your help Not sure if the 2008 is any different from the 2006, but one of my baffles also felt like it was attached with something extra. It wasn't. Just took a little more yanking and twisting before it popped loose. __________________ Bob Hamlin RC PGR '06 VN1600D6F
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08-14-2009, 03:11 PM	#3
blowndodge Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Washington City, Utah Posts: 16,474	Debaffling and need your help the ends slides into another tube and the crap on the exhaust makes it stick inside it! __________________ I love my Victory Cross Country Tour 106. Smells like Victory! Ultra's are Limited There are two types of Harley riders. Those that trailer them and those that push them. The most Interesting Man in the World "Find the things in life you don't do well and don't do those things" Member # 0005
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08-14-2009, 03:31 PM	#4
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Debaffling and need your help Brad any thoughts on what I need to do? I could use any help that can be provided. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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08-14-2009, 03:39 PM	#5
blowndodge Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Washington City, Utah Posts: 16,474	Debaffling and need your help Get a big set of channel locks and just keep twisting the baffle clockwise and counter clockwise all the while pulling on it. You might even start the bike and have the vibration of the exhaust help it seperate. Trust me if you cut all the way through the weld and that baffle now moves a little it will come out. It just takes some longer to slide out due to the carbon buildup. Patience. __________________ I love my Victory Cross Country Tour 106. Smells like Victory! Ultra's are Limited There are two types of Harley riders. Those that trailer them and those that push them. The most Interesting Man in the World "Find the things in life you don't do well and don't do those things" Member # 0005 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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08-14-2009, 04:04 PM	#6
cactusjack Mega-Contributor Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Where it doesn't snow...ever! Posts: 21,926	Debaffling and need your help BD is right. (Did I say that out loud? ) It's carbon build-up on the end of the tube. There's nothing mechanical securing it on the inside end. It's a tube that slips into a fitting or plate on the inside end. __________________ Scott "Cactusjack" Hanks VBA #00105 H.O.G. #4250060 2011 H-D Ultra Limited 103ci :: 2011 HD Electra Glide Ultra Limited w/Stage 1 :: Rallies: Mesquite '08\|Custer '09\|Cortez '10\|Crescent City '11\|Kanab '12\|Antlers '12\|Estes Park '13\|Antlers '13\|Orofino '14\|The Dalles '17
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08-14-2009, 04:15 PM	#7
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Debaffling and need your help I have used the pliers and pulled and twisted to no avail. The back part wiggles like crazy but I make no headway getting it to start coming out. I am at my wits end. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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08-14-2009, 04:28 PM	#8
Cajunrider Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: (SE Louisiana) Posts: 8,340	Debaffling and need your help Get a pair of vise grips and grab the end as tight as the vice grips will allow. Twist it back an forth while pulling. It will come out. Crank the engine and allow the pipes to get hot. Grab with a vice grip and yank it out. __________________ 2016 Electra Glide Ultra Limited CVO Palladium Silver / Phantom Blue 110 cu in SE 2012 Electra Glide Ultra Limited (Traded 6/22/16) Tequila Sunrise / HD Orange Vance & Hines true dual headers Rinehart 4" slip ons Screamin Eagle Super Tuner Screamin Eagle Stage 1 intake Dyno tuned H.O.G.# 4514015 2007 Nomad 1600 (Traded 6/23/12) VBA #482
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08-14-2009, 04:38 PM	#9
blowndodge Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Washington City, Utah Posts: 16,474	Debaffling and need your help Don't stress Bamaman. It will come out. Wiggling like you said is a good sign its not frozen in there. Carbon is just making it difficult. It could take 100 attempts but it will break free. Once you see the other end you'll ask yourself how the heck did it stick in there!! It does. __________________ I love my Victory Cross Country Tour 106. Smells like Victory! Ultra's are Limited There are two types of Harley riders. Those that trailer them and those that push them. The most Interesting Man in the World "Find the things in life you don't do well and don't do those things" Member # 0005
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08-14-2009, 04:42 PM	#11
bugman Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: spring hill florida Posts: 477	Debaffling and need your help vise grips and twist and pull,that what i had to do, you think your gonna break something, but all i broke was a little weld holding it in the back of the baffle
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08-14-2009, 04:43 PM	#12
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Debaffling and need your help Thanks for your help, I will keep working at it. I did manage to get a metal shaving in my ring finger on my left hand. Geez that little sucker hurts when I touch it but don't see a darn thing. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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08-14-2009, 04:59 PM	#13
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Debaffling and need your help Bugman, you said you broke a little weld at the back. Are you talking about the back of the exhaust where I am doing the pulling or the front end of the baffle? I have cut completely through the weld as far as I can determine. I can see something silver through the cut that I made. It is may a half inch or more ahead of the cut I made through the weld. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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08-14-2009, 05:00 PM	#14
blowndodge Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Washington City, Utah Posts: 16,474	Debaffling and need your help Have your wife kiss it, put a bandaid on it and give you a big ol hug!! __________________ I love my Victory Cross Country Tour 106. Smells like Victory! Ultra's are Limited There are two types of Harley riders. Those that trailer them and those that push them. The most Interesting Man in the World "Find the things in life you don't do well and don't do those things" Member # 0005
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08-14-2009, 05:03 PM	#15
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Debaffling and need your help Thanks Brad. I will try that. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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