Help on getting exhaust tips off

Zombee · #1 5th August 2012

I have a 09 sportster low and it has python tips on it and i cannot for the life of me get the dam things off. everything is unscrewed and ready to "slip off" but they dont budge at all. How do i get these off. I tryed warming up the bike, i tried wd40, i dont wana screw up the head of the pipe. Any advice would be awesome.

Alf · #2 5th August 2012

Turn them as you pull, and I use a heat gun or you coukd use a blowtorch, If they have those locking things on them you can pry them apart with a screwdriver.

It's probably exhaust paste holding it on there if they look in good condition. Brute force and persistence is the only other thing I can think of.

Or remove the whole exhaust, very easy, couple of bolts, never tried it with the silencer but see no reason it wouldn't work. may give you more leverage/ better angle.

Daniel Hunter · #3 10th August 2012

Maybe a strap wrench?

Snug it down nice and tight and turn the wrench like you're unscrewing it.