I guess the miles are getting to my CS1 slip on pipe, It's getting to be louder than I care for. Has anybody tried opening one up & repacking it? If so how did it work out?
@laker9142 Did you purchase packing from AreaP?I've done my Area P a couple times, its probably similar. I removed about 6 screws from the end cap, removed it, dug out the old packing with a hook bent on the end of a welding rod (coat hanger) Then used a 3/4 diameter dowel rod (broom stick) to pack in the new stuff. Its like tamping down dirt around a fence post. Now if yours is rolled around the center tube it's a different story but still doable and worthwhile.
The CS1 is riveted , but that's not big deal. Guess I'll pull it apart one day & see if it's rolled or tamped, I expected rolled to be more commonI've done my Area P a couple times, its probably similar. Its like tamping down dirt around a fence post. Now if yours is rolled around the center tube it's a different story but still doable and worthwhile.
The packing is widely available, I have checked on that. Just depends on the type a CS1 has, tamped or rolled which is what I was mostly curious about.@Just Cliff do you have a source for the packing material?
Keep us advised cliff, i have a CS1 on my bike and love the sound. Only has about 25k miles on it.
Unfortunate when manufacturers don’t appreciate their customers enough to provide basic information to service / maintain their products.I wanted to have everything I need on hand when I open this up, so I contacted Vance & Hines to ask what size the rivets were plus packing type. They were no help at all, they're reply was this pipe has been discontinued & parts are no longer available. I even asked twice, they probably use the use the same rivets in another pipe & they would certainly have record of the size regardless.
I'm betting it's rolled type packing so I ordered some, I drilled out one rivet to get the size & I came up with 3/16" x 1/4". So waiting on packing to arrive & I'll pick some stainless rivets, I have the correct size in aluminum but I think there to soft for this application.
Unfortunate when manufacturers don’t appreciate their customers enough to provide basic information to service / maintain their products.
Curious Cliff did they offer a chargeable service to repack? Or was this also not supported as it is discontinued?
Thanks for sharing Cliff - then one last question from me. What happens if the type of packing is different / it’s just a tone or volume change? Or is there more to the packing type?
It's finally getting broken in.I know it's my imagination & not because the packing is burned out, but the bike seems to run better than it's ever run. It has just gotten to loud for my taste.