I'm at work and my slipons were just delivered to my house...I won't get home for another 6 hours....what tools will i need to do this...incase I have to make a stop on the way home...I have a sockets set.....will that be all I need????? Thanks....oh...and about how intensive of a job is this???? Thanks!!!!!

 

Slip-ons are simple, if you got a socket set and some open ended wrenches you should be good to go. I have a 94 and the front exaust is mounted to the engine case with a 3/4" nut. I'm not sure about other years of bikes, but if you have a decent socket set you'll probly have some of the larger sized sockets. The only pain in the *** is slipping the old ones off, they can sometimes be pinched on pretty tight even after the clamp is completely off, but just some wiggle and twist should slip them off.

 

[sm=exactly.gif]What drum412 said.

 

will i have to remove the heat sheilds and take the head pipes off the bike????

 

No need to take the headers or heat shields off, don't touch them.

 

No

 

You won't need to remove the head pipes. The heat shields you might want to loosen (the pipe clamps) but you don't necessarily have to take them off.

If you have WD-40 or Liquid Wrench, either when sprayed and left to soak for a few minutes where the muffler and head pipe come together, will assist in getting the mufflers off more easily. Another trick is to run the bike for a couple minutes to heat up the pipes. That helps get them off too.

Not sure what year you have but for an 06 with CS slip-ons I think I used 5/8 for the muffler clamps, 7/16 for the stock muffler bolts, and 1/2 I think for the CS muffler T-bolts. If you are more than a few feet from your tool box, bring a 9/16 with you just in case.

This is a 2 beer project on a scale of 1-6. It'd be a one but you have to stand there and listen to it idle afterwards and that takes at least one beer.

 

Thanks guys....can't wait....what if the beers are oil can fosters???? That's all I have....and I hope I can get away with sockets...my open wrenches have been dissppearing fast.....must be the wrench gnome or something....Thanks again...

 

Correction on the wrench sizes. I just went out to the garage and verified.....

Heat shield clamps are 5/16 hex. You can use a flat head screwdriver too.

Both stock muffler and CS slipon T-bolts are 1/2.

Muffler clamps are 9/16. I found a deep socket worked best for this one.

There is an Acorn nut on the rear head pipe. It's 9/16 also. I took that one off so I could wiggle the muffler a little better to get it off.

Note 1: When you remove the mufflers, make a note of how the clamps are oriented. The front one can be flipped (so nut side faces the ground), which makes it a little cleaner looking. However, I am pretty sure you can't flip the rear one because the bottom muffler gets in the way.

Note 2: When you wiggle the mufflers, the head pipes will move around a little. That's normal. They have to flex some to be able to move with the rubber mounted engine. Just don't torque on them too much.

Good luck.

 

1.5 Oil Can Fosters == 2 long necks I guess. Just stand there longer to listen to the new rumble and finish it off. No one likes leftover beer.

Sockets are fine, if not preferred. I have a couple racheting combos that I like to use but 90% of the time sockets are the default.