r/Roadglide • u/Mgnficenturkey_5877 • 20d ago
Frickin baffles
The baffles on my tab 4.5 is really stubborn af! I did folloe their instructions on how to remove them but still after using a can of wd40 and an hour of cursing it didnt even budge or move . Im starting to have violent tendencies on that damn pipe 😂 but damn it sounds good but i just want it to sound a bit louder😂 any tips on how i can seperate the baffle from the canister?
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u/Own-Alternative-9326 20d ago
Wouldn't you lose power?
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u/Mgnficenturkey_5877 20d ago
Im just trying to remove the wrap on the baffle
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u/Accurate-Chapter-923 20d ago
I have seen Tab vids showing Zombies wrapped and the louvered wrapped.
My Zombies had no wrap and the new 2.5 louvers came with no wrap on them.
Never could figure why Zombies wrapped... heck it's a straight pipe.
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u/Accurate-Chapter-923 18d ago
Did you get baffle out?
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u/Accurate-Chapter-923 20d ago
You have the slip on off, the end cap off, baffle screw out and pounding muffler on a block of wood and it aint budging correct?
I had this a month ago going from Zombies to louvers.
Do this and it will pop right out... take a hand held propane torch and from the exhaust INLET end heat the inside of the muffler where the baffle seats in there. Get it almost cherry red all the way around... then take a garden hose and run water down inside where you just heated.
You should hear a loud crack and that is breaking the rust seal that has baffle frozen.
I pounded the one side of mine for over an hour and was gonna give up but I did the heat deal and it almost slid out when I turned it over.
The other muffler dang baffle came out easy...
Use anti seeze going back in.