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#37411 Greeny (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 502 Fiberglass Packing 4 Years, 9 Months ago   I modded my Roadhouse exhaust this weekend. The existing fiberglass packing was baked crispy black. To remove that fiberglass meant destroying it. I ended up wrapping the baffle back up using plumbers pipe wrap. It's fiberglass, but not nearly as dense as the original. I wrapped it a double layer and ran a little masking tape around it to hold it in place. Anyone see any problem with keeping it this way? My other option would be to order some replacement packing from Roadhouse. Are there other alternatives? Thanks all....greeny   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #37412 Musky (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 15137 Re:Fiberglass Packing 4 Years, 9 Months ago   Did you check any auto parts stores for the packing?   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #37414 Curt (Moderator) Never to old to ride! Moderator Posts: 12515 Re:Fiberglass Packing 4 Years, 9 Months ago   I use the pink fiberglass for insulating your house, the one with the pink panther on it and bind it thight with copper wire.   Logged     My Site Black Ice is Shiny, Black Ice is Deadly, Ya Wanna Ride My BlackIce?   The administrator has disabled public write access. #37415 Greeny (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 502 Re:Fiberglass Packing 4 Years, 9 Months ago   I only checked the Advance Auto Parts near my house. They only had fiberglass cloth for patching an auto body. They also had some heat tape for wrapping header pipes. Both of those items were very thin. The Roadhouse packing I pulled out was approx. 1" thick. My main concern with what I've done in putting in the plumbers wrap is that it could possibly melt from the heat. It's design is for water pipes which don't get near the temps of an exhaust. I'll check with some local bikes shops to see if they have something that would work better. That or just get some original packing from Roadhouse. Might have to order a performance baffle to go along with it. ....greeny   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #37420 Curt (Moderator) Never to old to ride! Moderator Posts: 12515 Re:Fiberglass Packing 4 Years, 9 Months ago   You can use the fiberglass cloth for auto repair to wrap around the pink stuff before you bind it with copper wire to keep the pink stuff from blowing out or packing. I'm cheap and it works real good plus you can repack when it gets to loud real easy.   Logged     My Site Black Ice is Shiny, Black Ice is Deadly, Ya Wanna Ride My BlackIce?   The administrator has disabled public write access. #37421 DocShadow (Admin) Hmmmm .... send beer Admin Posts: 17615 Re:Fiberglass Packing 4 Years, 9 Months ago   I've used both the pink insulation and the MC wrap. The MC wrap is denser and I found it held up much longer than the pink. Doc   Logged     My Bike Website   The administrator has disabled public write access. #37439 Big Bear (Moderator) Who loves you , Baby? Moderator Posts: 6997 Re:Fiberglass Packing 4 Years, 9 Months ago   Greeny, go to any bike shop and get FMF 4stroke packing. Very dense, last ALOT longer than regular fiberglass insulation, and not expensive. I've used it for years in my repackable mufflers/silencers.BB   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #37483 Greeny (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 502 Re:Fiberglass Packing 4 Years, 9 Months ago   Thanks for the tips everyone! I think I'll stay away from the pink stuff though. I just can't put anything pink on my bike....even if it's inside the muffler!! I'll keep it as is for a couple of months and then pull apart to see how much it broke down. Thanks fellas....greeny   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #37492 VK (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 5 Re:Fiberglass Packing 4 Years, 9 Months ago   Throw away the pink stuff and wrap them with chicken wire, sounds great and doesn't smell or taste like chicken. Control the sound by how tight you wrap the pipe, lasts a long time. Roadhouse Brand, nice pipe but the plating sucks.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access.

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