Mufflers

Other than loosening the clamp and soaking with penetrating fluid, does anyone have a BIG TIME idea for removing mufflers? Don't want to remove whole exhaust system, just the goshdarned mufflers...

skillet

 

I just loosened the clamp and wiggled it out

 

heat the pipe douse the shit outta it will let go

 

I just removed the clamps and pulled them out while moving them up and down a little to break them lose (rusty)

 

THANKS fellas! Mine must be REAL rusty...

skillet

 

Dude mine are almost comPLETELY rusted on.... I'm dreading removing em to put on some custom muffs

 

KROIL. if they won't come off with loostening the clamp and wiggling them out use kroil, spray them down for a day or two, they'll come out clean.

 

"Dude mine are almost comPLETELY rusted on.... I'm dreading removing em to put on some custom muffs"
SLKid

Misery loves company :wink: !!!

skillet

 

I've removed some stuborn mufflers by cutting a small slit in them right where they're mounted (be careful, not too deep) then twist and break them lose. It's worth a try if you just throwing them away anyways.

 

+1 I'll have to get some pictures up of my new muffs!

 

hey skillet....did you ever get those stubborn mufflers off? I'm in the same boat right now and just posted pretty much an identical thread

 

KROIL.

http://www.kanolabs.com/google/

 

eh...I'm just going to keep hitting it up with pb blaster I guess....

 

I used to swear by PB Blaster too. Then I spent 8 months trying to free rusted-in fork plugs using PB Blaster plus everything else I could get my hands on. NOTHING WORKED.

Then a forum member suggested Kroil, and in desperation I tried it. It worked where no others had.

I also just removed a couple of rusted-on muffler adapter sleeves that were stuck to my spare collector box. Used Kroil.

Try it. You'll pitch the PB Blaster like I did.

 

eh....mine weren't rusted that bad. I guess if I meet something that kicks my arse I'll switch, but I'm good for now and I can pick pb up locally. That's the main selling point.

 

Skillet, Kroil is AWESOME but I soaked my mufflers in it every day for a full week and they still wouldn't budge. the only way I gottem off was to

- stop using the propane and switch to MAP gas
- by myself wasn't good enough to stop heaing it and wiggle, so I had to have a friend hold the torch w/ MAP gas on it the entire time.
- turn them so the rear mounting tab faces you and then hit with a small sledge and when it turns in, turn it back out and repeat

I'm sure the Kroil Helped but muscle and heat were both needed badly

good luck