NorthAlabamaSpyder
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Replaced the CAT with a pipe from Lamont. Easy to install but that top spring was a PITA. I hope I never have to take that off again. An tips?
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Oh what a pain . . . .CAT removal
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cptjam
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Parachute cord
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!
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!
Roadster Renovations
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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.
PM me if you need it.
BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
A TOOL FOR THIS JOB
I became frustrated with the spring also, so I made a tool ..... a 12" piece of 1 inch angle iron drilled a hole near the end and put in a 3/16th dia. nail which I bent into a hook ..... this gave me leverage to PULL the spring onto the loop .... Mike :thumbup:
I became frustrated with the spring also, so I made a tool ..... a 12" piece of 1 inch angle iron drilled a hole near the end and put in a 3/16th dia. nail which I bent into a hook ..... this gave me leverage to PULL the spring onto the loop .... Mike :thumbup:
Yukonf3
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top spring
Even when you have the right spring pull tool, the problem is that there is not enough space to pull the spring out and away from the pipe as you stretch it, so it catches on the edge of the pipe. Put a one inch scraper at the pipe joint and the spring pulls easy across it. Once the spring is attached, pull the scraper out.
I change my exhaust config fairly often and it is easy peasy that way.
Even when you have the right spring pull tool, the problem is that there is not enough space to pull the spring out and away from the pipe as you stretch it, so it catches on the edge of the pipe. Put a one inch scraper at the pipe joint and the spring pulls easy across it. Once the spring is attached, pull the scraper out.
I change my exhaust config fairly often and it is easy peasy that way.
Takes care of the kitty litter and that annoying meow noise. Some say its a catalytic converter some say it is a muffler resonator. It is between your engine and the muffler. If removed (I did it) it will make your bike louder. I almost put it back on, a little too loud. Which ever function it is people remove it to get more noise. You get less low end power (off the line) but better mid range power.
Chris
NorthAlabamaSpyder
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Wow guys, excellent ideas.
Doc, I just ordered the tensing form you yesterday. Is that tool on your website somewhere?
Doc, I just ordered the tensing form you yesterday. Is that tool on your website somewhere?
SpyderF3
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I used a long thin screw driver and if you look from the right side of the bike behind the rear top spring there is a slot in the frame, I put the screw driver thru the loop in the spring and into the slot in the frame and used the screw driver as a lever and it was easy off and easy on.
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BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
THE SCREWDRIVER
That's exactly what I did with my angle iron and hook ....easy-peasy :roflblack://// Mike :thumbup:
Roadster Renovations
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For some reason it only got listed on Ebay. Here is the link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/122078638074?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
Here is a video where I show it's use:
I developed this for the Rock Armour install. Look at about 45 seconds in the video. I have used the original many, many times at rallies and have yet to have it break.
NorthAlabamaSpyder
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yes, that is what I finally did
Wildrice
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Roadster Renovations
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No worries. We don't set the shipping rate on Ebay. They do. We are a very small seller with them. (imagine that) We can probably save you a couple of bucks if you PM me an email.
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