Baffled... stuck baffle. - SV650.org

Paul the 6th · 11-06-12, 04:54 PM

Musta heard about 15 people at AR saying "You need to remove that baffle"...

So I've just drilled the rivet out and tried pulling at it with pliers, tried persuading it up & down and side to side, sworn at it, said nasty things about its mother, waved a hammer at it........

It's not coming out. Should I just take it for a thrash and hope that the exhaust fumes push it out a bit? Or failing that any other advice to get the bloody thing out?

rictus01 · 11-06-12, 05:04 PM

is it a slip on race can Paul ? if so take it off the bike and stick a broom handle up the other end and bash the broom on the floor holding the can, it'll come out then.

Paul the 6th · 11-06-12, 05:16 PM

ffs it's a bolt on one, I'll get my socket set on it cheers dude

Paul the 6th · 11-06-12, 05:41 PM

Ok so 2 problems...

1) I got the broom handle stuck in the end can for about 10 minutes... Which looked ridiculous.

2) I decided to have a break from fighting the broom-can and cheer myself up with reving the engine with end can off... my left ear drum feels weird after I rev'd it too loud.

Now what?

11-06-12, 06:01 PM

Ride like that?

Or stick a broom handle in the other way to knock the first one out

Paul the 6th · 11-06-12, 06:07 PM

ok so funny story time... this is completely stuck like this, I think the baffle hollow section has bitten into the wood and is now stuck..

Then I tried what spank has suggested and the broom has done the same at the other end. Been trying to get it all apart for about 25 mins now... Luckily I can't stop laughing.

Paul the 6th · 11-06-12, 06:08 PM

now what?

DJ123 · 11-06-12, 06:10 PM

drink

or sell it to a witch?????

11-06-12, 06:11 PM

I wasn't being serious!

Now I am: heat the can up so it expands?

Paul the 6th · 11-06-12, 06:11 PM

might just buy a new can?

11-06-12, 04:54 PM	#1
Paul the 6th Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4,790	Baffled... stuck baffle. Musta heard about 15 people at AR saying "You need to remove that baffle"... So I've just drilled the rivet out and tried pulling at it with pliers, tried persuading it up & down and side to side, sworn at it, said nasty things about its mother, waved a hammer at it........ It's not coming out. Should I just take it for a thrash and hope that the exhaust fumes push it out a bit? Or failing that any other advice to get the bloody thing out? __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012 - You were awesome Cbf600, sv650, sv1000, gsxr 750 srad, KTM adventure 950, gsxr 750 k1, gsxr 750 srad, fazer 1000, zx9r ninja..

11-06-12, 05:04 PM	#2
rictus01 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South London Posts: 9,799	Re: Baffled..... stuck baffle. is it a slip on race can Paul ? if so take it off the bike and stick a broom handle up the other end and bash the broom on the floor holding the can, it'll come out then. __________________ Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!

11-06-12, 05:16 PM	#3
Paul the 6th Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4,790	Re: Baffled..... stuck baffle. ffs it's a bolt on one, I'll get my socket set on it cheers dude __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012 - You were awesome Cbf600, sv650, sv1000, gsxr 750 srad, KTM adventure 950, gsxr 750 k1, gsxr 750 srad, fazer 1000, zx9r ninja..

11-06-12, 05:41 PM	#4
Paul the 6th Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4,790	Re: Baffled..... stuck baffle. Ok so 2 problems... 1) I got the broom handle stuck in the end can for about 10 minutes... Which looked ridiculous. 2) I decided to have a break from fighting the broom-can and cheer myself up with reving the engine with end can off... my left ear drum feels weird after I rev'd it too loud. Now what? __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012 - You were awesome Cbf600, sv650, sv1000, gsxr 750 srad, KTM adventure 950, gsxr 750 k1, gsxr 750 srad, fazer 1000, zx9r ninja..

11-06-12, 06:01 PM	#5
Spank86 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Baffled..... stuck baffle. Ride like that? Or stick a broom handle in the other way to knock the first one out

11-06-12, 06:07 PM	#6
Paul the 6th Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4,790	Re: Baffled..... stuck baffle. ok so funny story time... this is completely stuck like this, I think the baffle hollow section has bitten into the wood and is now stuck.. Then I tried what spank has suggested and the broom has done the same at the other end. Been trying to get it all apart for about 25 mins now... Luckily I can't stop laughing. __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012 - You were awesome Cbf600, sv650, sv1000, gsxr 750 srad, KTM adventure 950, gsxr 750 k1, gsxr 750 srad, fazer 1000, zx9r ninja..

11-06-12, 06:08 PM	#7
Paul the 6th Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4,790	Re: Baffled..... stuck baffle. now what? __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012 - You were awesome Cbf600, sv650, sv1000, gsxr 750 srad, KTM adventure 950, gsxr 750 k1, gsxr 750 srad, fazer 1000, zx9r ninja..

11-06-12, 06:10 PM	#8
DJ123 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 3,245	Re: Baffled..... stuck baffle. drink or sell it to a witch????? __________________ BMW F800ST

11-06-12, 06:11 PM	#9
Spank86 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Baffled..... stuck baffle. I wasn't being serious! Now I am: heat the can up so it expands?

11-06-12, 06:11 PM	#10
Paul the 6th Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4,790	Re: Baffled..... stuck baffle. might just buy a new can? __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012 - You were awesome Cbf600, sv650, sv1000, gsxr 750 srad, KTM adventure 950, gsxr 750 k1, gsxr 750 srad, fazer 1000, zx9r ninja..

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