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OneStaple wrote:
The easiest way I know is to cover the extra holes with muffler bandage. It worked for me.
is there some way I could plug the holes?
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On my bike, plugging any extra holes in the tip (if there were any -- I don't think there are) wouldn't do much, because I think the guy opened up parts of the baffles inside with a long drill bit.
As I mentioned before, it doesn't look like the caps come off, and when I look inside I don't see any obvious modifications. Of course, the bike was ridden for quite some time before I owned it and the natural coating of soot covered up any obvious changes.
The photo I posted (which I hope you can now see) just isn't capable of capturing the inside of the pipe, so I don't think it's much help...Comment
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Ok, at long last, here are the pics of my muffler tips. It's quite obvious that someone did some drilling, both by the evident holes and the extra noise. Are those three holes likely to be enough to provide the extra noise, or is it likely that the guy drilled out something deeper in as well?
The pictures should be here:
This is my first time using the yahoo photo service, so let me know if it doesn't work.
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Wow! That guy really mangled your tips!
It's hard to tell, but it looks like there's a plate just behind the tip that he also drilled through (on your bike). I'll have to look again at mine, but I don't recall seeing a plate that close to the tip on my bike. In any case, I don't think that plugging the outer holes will do very much -- I think both of our bikes were somehow drilled out deeper inside.
Unless there's a way to get the tips off (without destroying the muffler) I think we may both be out of luck regarding an easy fix...
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Yeah, there's a plate seated just behind the outside plate, with maybe a half centimeter of space between them. It may be that you can't easily see the second plate without drilling through the first. I rather agree with you that the insides of both our mufflers are probably mangled and nearly impossible to fix, but I think I'll try to plug the holes on the back of mine anyway and see if that does anything (couldn't hurt). I'll probably do it next week sometime when I have time, and I'll post the results then.
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My bike doesn't have that second plate ... somehow the guy who owned the bike before me must have opened the cans and removed it... I'm guessing that if you can get access to the second plate you might have some success resealing the baffles.
I don't think sealing the outer holes is going to do much good, and I think that I'm completely out of luck because some of the insides are missing on my bike. :x
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