Bafflectomy problems...

Ewags64 · 06-20-2015, 02:54 PM

I have drilled out the baffle with the 1-3/4" hole saw, and the end of the baffle is completely loose, but I can't pull the baffle out for anything. I've tried clamping needle nose vise grips on the end, gripping the side of the vise grips with large Channellocks, and banging on the Channellocks with a framing hammer to loosen the opposite end of the baffle, but to no avail. Any tips on what I need to do to get these off??

**plumber63** · 06-20-2015, 03:26 PM

This seem to happen a lot. I used a inside pipe wrench and twisted them loose, kind of like unthreading them. Others have used a slide hammer or fabricated some like one to pull them out. I really think if you can wedge something in the and twist them first they will come out.

**ringadingh** · 06-20-2015, 04:23 PM

Just keep doing what your doing, they will come out after some more pounding.

Dans06Nomad · 06-20-2015, 05:26 PM

The longer they're in there, the harder they are to get out. I did mine on my 06 a month ago w/ 65,000 miles on it, and I was sure I must have done something wrong. Keep pulling, twisting, yanking, etc. and suddenly it will come loose. Be sitting in a chair at the time so you don't wind up on your ass. Then have a well deserved beer.

cactusjack · 06-20-2015, 08:56 PM

That's almost a 9 year old bike. Lots of carbon built up in those baffles.

Ewags64 · 06-21-2015, 08:26 AM

Thanks for the encouragement. I needed the assurance that I wasn't screwing something up! I used a hexagon shaped, pointed air hammer chisel, and drove it into the baffle, then put an 18" pipe wrench on it. Had to do it several times both ways, to finally get it loose. Sounds great now. Thanks again!

By the way, plumber63, what's the 63 stand for? I've been a plumber for 37 years, born in 1964.....

**plumber63** · 06-21-2015, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Ewags64

By the way, plumber63, what's the 63 stand for? I've been a plumber for 37 years, born in 1964.....

Born in 1963 Been doing HVAC, Plumbing and Electrical work since I was 20
So you are 51? And been a plumber since you were 14?

Ewags64 · 06-21-2015, 09:30 AM

My brother-in-law was a plumber, and I started working summers and after school for him when I was 14. Passed my Journeyman license test when I was 19, passed my Masters test when I was 21, started my own company that same year, 1986. Still in business today. Some days it seems like it's been forever!

Cerberus · 06-21-2015, 09:42 AM

I just did mine yesterday on an 03 nomad. I locked on a pair of vice grips, slid a large allen key through the eye on the adjustment screw, slid a pipe over the allen key, and then beat it with a sledge. took about 15 min on one and 2 on the other. My biggest problem was I drilled through the first pipe in about 3 minutes...the other took over an hour before I just went to home Depot and bought a new bit. the sound all in all is what I expected. just a bit deeper and sounds more like a motorcycle than a moped.

Theunclebeef · 08-15-2016, 07:28 PM

I'm getting a lot of decal popping, no good....but the sound when I'm on the gas is great. is there a happy medium? Would some V&H tame the pop?

06-20-2015, 02:54 PM	#1
Ewags64 Jr. Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Covington, Ohio Posts: 9	Bafflectomy problems... I have drilled out the baffle with the 1-3/4" hole saw, and the end of the baffle is completely loose, but I can't pull the baffle out for anything. I've tried clamping needle nose vise grips on the end, gripping the side of the vise grips with large Channellocks, and banging on the Channellocks with a framing hammer to loosen the opposite end of the baffle, but to no avail. Any tips on what I need to do to get these off?? __________________ [/SIGPIC]2007 Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1600 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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06-20-2015, 03:26 PM	#2
plumber63 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 994	This seem to happen a lot. I used a inside pipe wrench and twisted them loose, kind of like unthreading them. Others have used a slide hammer or fabricated some like one to pull them out. I really think if you can wedge something in the and twist them first they will come out. __________________ Troy Donat VBA #02401 2015 Voyager 2006 1600 Nomad black(sold) 2016 Salem, Antlers, 2017 Eureka Springs, Lake George, Antlers 2018 Custer NR, Antlers
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06-20-2015, 04:23 PM	#3
ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	Just keep doing what your doing, they will come out after some more pounding. __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951
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06-20-2015, 05:26 PM	#4
Dans06Nomad Jr. Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Colorado Posts: 20	The longer they're in there, the harder they are to get out. I did mine on my 06 a month ago w/ 65,000 miles on it, and I was sure I must have done something wrong. Keep pulling, twisting, yanking, etc. and suddenly it will come loose. Be sitting in a chair at the time so you don't wind up on your ass. Then have a well deserved beer. Last edited by Dans06Nomad; 06-20-2015 at 05:29 PM.
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06-20-2015, 08:56 PM	#5
cactusjack Mega-Contributor Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Where it doesn't snow...ever! Posts: 21,926	That's almost a 9 year old bike. Lots of carbon built up in those baffles. __________________ 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 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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06-21-2015, 08:26 AM	#6
Ewags64 Jr. Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Covington, Ohio Posts: 9	Thanks for the encouragement. I needed the assurance that I wasn't screwing something up! I used a hexagon shaped, pointed air hammer chisel, and drove it into the baffle, then put an 18" pipe wrench on it. Had to do it several times both ways, to finally get it loose. Sounds great now. Thanks again! By the way, plumber63, what's the 63 stand for? I've been a plumber for 37 years, born in 1964..... __________________ [/SIGPIC]2007 Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1600
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06-21-2015, 09:30 AM	#8
Ewags64 Jr. Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Covington, Ohio Posts: 9	My brother-in-law was a plumber, and I started working summers and after school for him when I was 14. Passed my Journeyman license test when I was 19, passed my Masters test when I was 21, started my own company that same year, 1986. Still in business today. Some days it seems like it's been forever! __________________ [/SIGPIC]2007 Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1600
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06-21-2015, 09:42 AM	#9
Cerberus Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Newton NH Posts: 183	I just did mine yesterday on an 03 nomad. I locked on a pair of vice grips, slid a large allen key through the eye on the adjustment screw, slid a pipe over the allen key, and then beat it with a sledge. took about 15 min on one and 2 on the other. My biggest problem was I drilled through the first pipe in about 3 minutes...the other took over an hour before I just went to home Depot and bought a new bit. the sound all in all is what I expected. just a bit deeper and sounds more like a motorcycle than a moped. __________________
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08-15-2016, 07:28 PM	#10
Theunclebeef Jr. Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Moorpark,Ca Posts: 35	I'm getting a lot of decal popping, no good....but the sound when I'm on the gas is great. is there a happy medium? Would some V&H tame the pop?
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