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Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie
2013 RT Ltd Pearl White
Ryde More, Worry Less!
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Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie
I understand, but loosing that weight is always going to make a noticeable performance improvement even if dropping the cat didn't also take away most of the heat that it generated between your feet as well as improving the engine's mid range response.
As far as I'm concerned, that cumulative performance improvement teamed with the heat reduction fully justified fitting a cat eliminator, & since I retained the majority of the OE muffler the increased noise was not significant to me either way.
2013 RT Ltd Pearl White
Ryde More, Worry Less!
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To anyone removing their cat.....
I just did mine over the weekend. Kudos to Lamonster's Garage for an awesome job on the bypass pipe.
But I had the same problem everyone else has encountered, how to get that top spring off and on?
With a little thought and innovation I realized that I had a tool that work perfect for the job. I went into the house and got the dog's leash.
It's for a small dog and it's sewn so I knew it would do the job.
To get the top spring off just hook it to the spring and pull from the back of the trike. The spring will pop right off.
To put the spring back on, with the spring on the front loop, wrap the leash around the bypass pipe near the muffler,
get tension on it and pull the leash towards the floor and with enough tension the spring will go onto the back loop.
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The Critter 2016 RT-S
Cat Bypass from Lamonster
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Ultraguard half cover
Gremlin bell from my son
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My old handy brake tools work perfect for the springs, a couple of the are made to stretch springs .
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Originally Posted by cptjam
With practice, it is a 15 minute job. Hook a 6 foot piece of strong cord (like parachute cord, 550 line, thin cable) over the spring, and have your helper pull aft. Do all 3. We normally leave the cord on the top one, so as to get it first when we put it back together. Ann wraps it around the socket extension, sits, and pulls. I direct the angle to catch the loop. We broke my spring tool on it, and devised the cord trick. Works great!
This is how I did it. worked out great!
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spring removal
Originally Posted by rpatsh
This is how I did it. worked out great!
Yep me too, same method. First time 20 minutes install without the db-killer. Second time 10 minute to install the db-killer, now happy
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Spring hook
Originally Posted by Roadster Renovations
We sell a tool for that. $15 includes shipping. You use a pair of needle nose pliers with it to leverage the spring. Very easy.
PM me if you need it.
RR can you post a picture
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