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brendon11
 Post subject: Baffle wrap
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:46 pm 
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Hey guys,

After a good soaking for a few nights in different solutions and a fine scrubbing, viola! these turned out ok.

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So now I'm left with the question... What was the gooey fiberglass wrap (that was) at the end of them?? Is that fabric commonly available or some specialty stuff?

Many thanks for your time!

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mraxl
 Post subject: Re: Baffle wrap
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 5:17 pm 
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This is the product to use for packing:
FMF 2 Stroke Muffler Packing
https://www.amazon.com/FMF-Exhaust-Muff ... B01H0P73WA

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brendon11
 Post subject: Re: Baffle wrap
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 6:11 pm 
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Fantastic! Thanks! and under ten bucks, even better.


After I posted, I found the before picture....
Everyone of the [smaller] holes at the ends were clogged with black crud. took me a while to clean that all out!

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RODH2
 Post subject: Re: Baffle wrap
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 6:16 pm 
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You can use pieces of a roof insulation batt for muffler packing. It delaminates into nice, workable pieces. I mean the fibreglass type, rather than the "wool" type. :think:

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H2RTuner
 Post subject: Re: Baffle wrap
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 6:39 pm 

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A couple of things I do,

I use a torch to heat the carbon and oil deposits on the baffle, dries them out, and they come off fairly easily after that.

I don't put the wrap back on, I leave the baffles just the way you have them now.
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kawi3cyl
 Post subject: Re: Baffle wrap
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:16 am 
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mraxl wrote:
This is the product to use for packing:
FMF 2 Stroke Muffler Packing
https://www.amazon.com/FMF-Exhaust-Muff ... B01H0P73WA

A little cheaper from this seller: http://www.ebay.com/itm/FMF-2-STROKE-SILENCER-MUFFLER-PACKING-/371857509392

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Jackman
 Post subject: Re: Baffle wrap
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:13 am 

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H2RTuner wrote:
A couple of things I do,

I use a torch to heat the carbon and oil deposits on the baffle, dries them out, and they come off fairly easily after that.

I don't put the wrap back on, I leave the baffles just the way you have them now.


Tuner, what's the advantage of running without packing ? I used common plumbing wrap from Home Depot, seemed to work good, it will need to be redone this Spring maybe I'll try your method for a change :think: .

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RODH2
 Post subject: Re: Baffle wrap
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:24 am 
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The wrapping dampens the noise, in a street bike situation. I am all for considering the neighborhood, even while the Harleys are droning by at 130db-a....... :banghead

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husson73
 Post subject: Re: Baffle wrap
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:07 am 
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they're off all my K triples :mrgreen:
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R.B.
 Post subject: Re: Baffle wrap
PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:18 am 
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RODH2 wrote:
The wrapping dampens the noise, in a street bike situation. I am all for considering the neighborhood, even while the Harleys are droning by at 130db-a....... :banghead


Gets my vote and is the correct answer, the explosion reaches the end of the baffle and expands into the wadding and the noise diffuses, over the years the wadding becomes clogged and the noise increases with the wadded end technically turning into a stinger!

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