silencer stuck help lol

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benarovi561
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put a knock off n 1 silencer in my real n 1 and now i cant get it out lol. the tips 4.5" and the silencer fit perfect. nice and snug so now i cant seem to get it out. theres enough of the silencer around the edges to grab plyers to and that doesnt do s***. someone give me some ideas please it looks ugly as fuh lol


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benarovi561
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bump

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Get one of these and bend it slightly so it will fit down the tube...

Then screw it into the end of a broom stick or something wooden then stick it down there and hank that sucker out...I had to do it once...

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I have a different exhuast but I hit mine in a little bit to break it free and then was able to pull it out with some big a** plyers and a lot curse words.

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drive it down a backroad as fast as you can it will build pressure under load and eventualy it will shoot out ...dont worry bout finding it again just buy a real n1 silencer ....

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Lol what if it hits a cat.. haha

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seriously?
billyinse wrote:drive it down a backroad as fast as you can it will build pressure under load and eventualy it will shoot out ...dont worry bout finding it again just buy a real n1 silencer ....

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Vice pliers and WD40.

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benarovi561
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Kelbizzle wrote:Vice pliers and WD40.
tried that even used all my fkin strength still didnt budge.

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Take it to an exhaust shop,cut the muffler off,drive the silencer out and weld the muffler back on .Done.

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my silencer got stuck one time so i took a chain and put a bolt that was longer than the opening ( 2 or 3 in)through the end link of the chain and a nut on the end and fed it into the exhaust wiggled it around a little and got it wedged kinda then yanked that thing like there was no tomorrow popped it out no problem

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benarovi561 wrote:seriously?
yeah man it works lol i had a budy that had his silencer get stuck and we were about to do a run on the interstate ...he forgot to put the screws back in and when we hit 60-70 mph it shot out ....

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billyinse wrote:yeah man it works lol i had a budy that had his silencer get stuck and we were about to do a run on the interstate ...he forgot to put the screws back in and when we hit 60-70 mph it shot out ....
well this ones like stuck hard. even used a vice grip and pb blast, and used all my strengh(pretty strong dood) and nuthin. and i dont wanna do the nut and chain, risking getting the nut lost in my exhaust

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sx moneypit wrote:Take it to an exhaust shop,cut the muffler off,drive the silencer out and weld the muffler back on .Done.
After all this time it's probably about rusted out of there anyway

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Mychal
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i had one in my old exhaust when i had my KA and it got stuck

i tried everything so i just said fck it

i left the screw out and drove for a few days and it finally fell out goin down the road lol

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benarovi561 wrote: tried that even used all my fkin strength still didnt budge.
Try using two pair and wiggle it out.

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benarovi561 wrote: well this ones like stuck hard. even used a vice grip and pb blast, and used all my strengh(pretty strong dood) and nuthin. and i dont wanna do the nut and chain, risking getting the nut lost in my exhaust
trust me man back pressure is no joke ...3 people yanked on his silencer for like 30 min ....but it shot right out durring the run lol

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billyinse wrote:drive it down a backroad as fast as you can it will build pressure under load and eventualy it will shoot out ...dont worry bout finding it again just buy a real n1 silencer ....
+1. I did the same thing the OP did and heres how i got mine out:

1. get on Freeway2. punch that bish to at LEAST 100 a couple of times

and i guarantee that it'll pop out

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Demonspeed wrote:
+1. I did the same thing the OP did and heres how i got mine out:

1. get on Freeway2. punch that bish to at LEAST 100 a couple of times

and i guarantee that it'll pop out
like floor it in 5th? i would if my car was running on all cylinders.


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