Exhaust work almost done

[WindyOne]

I received my e bay Wild Pig pipe this morning which made me happy, it wasn't scheduled to arrive until Tuesday. The welder I had talked to about cutting out my cat had to go out of town and had not returned yet so I bought this pipe. This pipe was advertised to be for a tri glide but had the adapter pipe attached to the header pipe, instead of being all one length.

I had a heck of a time with the exhaust gaskets staying in place while trying to fit up the pipe but I got it worked out and soon had it all ready to tighten down.

Then I noticed the right muffler stuck out a 1/2' longer than the left. The adapter pipe was not totally in as far as it could go. I pounded it off and used a Dremel sanding drum to remove any burring, added anti seize and tapped the pipe into the proper length. I got it all into place and loosely tightened the nuts.

When I put the exhaust flange nuts on I dropped one onto the motor somewhere. Both I and the wife looked for sometime but we were unable to find it.

I have to go get a couple more tomorrow and finish the job. One nut missing messes up the whole job.

I called Fuel moto Thursday night to get a new license for my PV 1 and a map for this trike with the exhaust changes I made. Those guys sure move fast. I called at 4:20 something and was up and running with new license and map before 5 PM EDT. Kudos to a great team and customer service.

Tomorrow when I get the new flange nuts I will be done and hopefully no leaks. I am really looking forward to the sound and cool temps.

[riden2low]

Been there and done that on loosing nuts like that. Waiting to see what the results will be on the tuning.

[HDB0B]

I put my cat-less stock headpipe on my 2014 today. I used a 50mm race bearing install tool to seat my new exhaust port gaskets (PITA). I might buy a JIMS Exhaust gasket installer tool for future work. My stock headpipe has the "S" right side seperate trike exhaust adapter pipe .... and what I found cool was the crossover pipe and "S" on the left are one pipe!

I made sure the exhaust clamps were positioned for no interference with my J&S trike jack .... as the crossover to headpipe clamp in stock position was not letting me position my jack properly. Now everything is perfect.

This was a lot harder than any previous Harley exhaust I have worked on.

Of course I had to stop and polish everything before re-assembly.

I also installed the Nightrider FL-ViED-10 AFR adjuster units at 50% setting.

Rain now, so tomorrow I fire her up and see how I did.

Bob