Hey, i was just wondering i have no packing what so ever in my muffler, is this hurting power, is it the same or maybe more power??? And what do you guys recomend for repacking it.......what to use how to pack it, really tight, lots of it or what???

 

Its kinda strange that u have no packing left at all on a fairly new bike ?

I got some glass braided laging bandage for exausts im going to wrap that around the perforated tube and wire tie it on to keep it snug
I havent done it yet but im thinking it should stay together a lot better than normal packing.

As for power loss i have heard it said that if the packing is gone gas is free to travel through the perforations and the turbulance can increase back pressure but if you still have a stock end cap i doubt it will be effecting you.

 

Do you think it came from the factory w/ no packing?
Im 95% sure you will lose power w/ out packing. you can use fiberglass from say furnice filters if you dont want to buy the stuff from the bike shop. pack tight, after I wrap mine w/ fiber glass Ithen wrap w/ thin wire to make it tighter and EZer to put back in the can.
Sam

 

yep im 100 percent sure it came with packing from the dealer. I took the endcap off almost right when i got it, i never touched anything in there except the endcap..........so it wasnt me, gues they just packed it really crappy.

 

Good Luck on getting the info on that question.. I asked the same thing about a week ago and NADA !!

What I understand about it is that packing does have SOME effect on performance. I just dont know how much and how to controll it.
I saw a comment from 222 ( aka Randall ) with respect to performance related to packing in the exhaust but never saw an explination.

I can tell you this. I have to repack mine 2 to 3 times a year. and if not done right it will get blown out quickly. I have a modded exhaust cap that flows pretty good and can understand why the packing would get blown out. But if you have a stock cap on yours , I would have to say that there might have not been much if at all any packing to begin with. .. justa guess.

JP

 

I put FmF packing in 11$ or so have HP end cap

 

I run an alba pipe with no end cap, and I have to repack about 3 times ayear cause it just blows it out