| Author | Message | ||
     Big_island_rider |
While the ECM is down I figured to get the muffler rust issue taken care of. I had rust in all the usual places. So I hit the muffler with several wire brushes and got most of the rust off. I then used some Navel Jelly to get the deeper rust out. Before (one application):  After:  Also took care of other areas:  Took several applications of the Navel Jelly to take care of the stubborn areas. The washed and dried and ready for paint:   Used Rustoleum High Heat 2000 degree paint and got three coats on.   I still need to bake it on and hoping for long term protection. | ||
| Callawegian |
That is what I did 3 years ago and it is holding up pretty well. I had a 03 Lightning that I had over 14 k on and I never had to touch the muffler. I don't understand this. | ||
| 7873jake |
Did the same thing last weekend (minus the naval jelly). I cleaned and washed and primed the can. Then shot an even coat over the can in the same Rustoleum hi-temp rattle bomb shown in your picture. Since I don't have an oven large enough to fit the can, I hit it with a heat gun to slowly warm it up and then followed it with a torch to keep heating it. Repeated this through the subsequent coats but I find i'm still surprised at how soft the paint is even a week later. Granted, I didn't follow the instructions to the letter but with heat gun, torch and then a final bake with one of our diesel fired shop heaters in a small component drying booth at work to around 250-300F, I was surprised at how fragile the final finish was. I'm over messing with it so I'm just going to reinstall it. It won't be any worse than how it looked when I took it off to do the engine rotation. --Jake | ||
| Big_island_rider |
**UPDATE** So I decided to paint the muffler on my car also. Had some extra paint so I did 2 more coats on the muffler and about 5 more around the inlet. Now installed.    Now just have to burn it in. | ||
| Metra6924 |
I had mine media blasted a couple of years ago. Cleaned it thoroughly afterwards, then painted it with hi-temp paint. It started to rust a few months after. Recently, I came across some graphite spray. It's intended to lubricate railroad switches, but I thought I would experiment, after all, they used to use graphite on steam locomotive smoke stacks. So far, I have "painted" a couple of pieces of metal and left them to the weather. One was exposed to heat (stuck it on top of my outdoor fireplace for a few hours). It's been about three months now and neither sample shows any sign of rust. I can't ride for a few more days due to a bad knee, so I may just pull the muffler and try something different. I'll let you know how it works out. | ||
| Terrycoxusa |
Maybe Eric Buell Racing will do the right thing and offer a stainless steel muffler. WTF was he thinking? HD probably insisted on the painted one to save a few bucks. | ||
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