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[QUOTE="BRush, post: 368539, member: 18729"]
Nice job on the tutorial, Lou. Some things that have helped me:

1) If it's not a major hassle (mine is only two bolts), pull the whole silencer assembly off the bike. This means you can clamp parts in a vise for the various cleaning an rebuilding stages.

2) If it's been a long time between repackings, sometimes the holes in the silencer core can get gummed up. I find that using a propane torch to nicely carbonize any spooge  makes everything crumble away easily when the wire brush is used.

3) Once you get everything just right, Measure and record the dimensions of the piece of packing material used so you can pre-cut it next time without thinking about it.

I notice that you cut your packing to exactly the length of the perforated tube. Did you have trouble with it wadding up when you slid the outer shell on? I find I have to cut the length of the packing about 2 inches longer than the tube to account for the natural compression that occurs when I slide on the outer shell.
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