Leo Vince Baffle Removal Question

Last night I got my new Leo Vince Evo II carbon cans mounted (Thanks Kia 001). I decided to remove the baffle to get an idea of the sound difference.

I removed the retainer screw on the outlet and attempted to pull out the baffle. The baffle seems to be in need of some firm persuasion, to say the least. As it was close to midnight and after more than one Anchor Steam, I didn't want to just start reefing on the inner tube and f%^k something up so I decided to wait and fight it today.

My question is this, is there anything that I should be aware/catious of when I make my second attempt? I really want to ge the baffles out but I don't want to screw up my cans in the process It seems that a much firmer approach than I anticipated will be required. Anybody got any tricks or insight to share? I will even gladly accept any help or suggestions from the Gen 6 bashers (I won't hold that against ya :biggrin: ) of that other thread, LOL! Thanks Folks!

 

NorCAl
One of mine pulled out very easily. the other one was more difficult but not inordinately difficult. I had to grip the edge of it with a pair of vise grips. On the third try a good solid yank and I was sitting on my ass looking at my bike. but the baffle was still attached to the vise grips which were still in my hand. the only marks were on my butt. and on the inner ring of the baffle. which after hearing the difference I will never reinstall them
You can see the one on the right where I grabbed it with the vise grips is flattened in three places.

 

I simply took the muffler, shoved in a broom handle against the restrictor and gave it a few blows against the floor, the broom that it, and it popped the restrictor out quite easily. No marks on the outside.

 

Hey guys, thanks alot for the info, I'm not big fan of beating on stuff with a hammer and just wanted to get the correct angle before proceeding - I will continue down my path to V4 bliss today. Thank you very much Kia 001 for hooking me up with the cans, they are way nicer in hand than in pictures and the quality of the system components is fantastic. I took my sweet a$% time and figured out how to get them perfectly aligned and they are a nice addition to the machine - today I will dis-assemble and go with the old broomstick trick, as I don't want to damage the baffles, in case I ever need them again - hopefully I won't. Thanks again, Danimal and Karl.

 

Kia 001, I went your route. The baffles fell for the old "Broomstick up the Tailpipe trick". Popped the cans back off, removed the screws, tapped out the baffles, installed the new screws and re-assembled in about 25 minutes. No damage to the baffles, quick and painless - now that's how a V4 should really sound! :biggrin:

 

Great tip, I remembered reading it here and I actually used it today and it worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing!

 

Exactly. A few whapps and out it came for me too! The baffle that is... :biggrin:

 

I pretty much did the same thing with my baffles because no matter how hard I pulled on them with vise grips they would no budge. Instead of using a broomstick handle I just used a screw driver. Worked like a charm and no damage was done to the inside of the muffler.