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After a minor crash, my TW seems to have developed a rattle inside the muffler, as if something has broken loose inside and is now rattling around in the area where the muffler joins the header. I pulled out the couple of bolts that mount the muffler to the frame as well as loosened the clamp where the muffler joins the header pipe. It looked like maybe then I could twist the muffler a bit and pull if loose from the header pipe. I sprayed it with a little WD40 just to help loosen things a bit more. with some twisting and yanking, I could not budge the muffler from the pipe.
So... first of all, does it separate here? If so, how does one do it? Will I need to loosen the header pipe from the engine as well? Any clue what might be rattling around in there? Any other tips on this operation? Thanks...
This is where the muffler and header pipe apparently join. Can I separate the two here? How far does the header pipe extend into the muffler? (The wet stuff is WD40 I was hoping might loosen it up)
So... first of all, does it separate here? If so, how does one do it? Will I need to loosen the header pipe from the engine as well? Any clue what might be rattling around in there? Any other tips on this operation? Thanks...
This is where the muffler and header pipe apparently join. Can I separate the two here? How far does the header pipe extend into the muffler? (The wet stuff is WD40 I was hoping might loosen it up)