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Daman
Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 03:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have an jardine exhaust muffler that has blown out the fiberglass packing. Instead of repacking the muffler with fiberglass can I use steel wool? If so, where can I get a large roll of it?
Thanks
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Vegasbueller


Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 03:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Try searching for Jardine or repack. I have seeen some conversations concerning it here, and even talking about better grades of steel wool to use.
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Trojan


Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 06:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Wileyco do a very good repack kit using a woven 'glass blanket. You can use this in any of the aftermarket cans and it seems to last a bit longer than other packing. If you can't get it from Wileyco USA (which you should be able to)I've got some here. It comes with new rivets to re-assemble the can.
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Dasbuell


Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 09:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Believe it or not... steel wool burns.

I am sure there are different grades of steel wool... all might not burn... but I'd have second thoughts about using steel wool.

(talking in background in front of countless computer screens... DasBuell is full of ...)

Well you might be right about that... but that has nothing to do with this.

Don't believe me... go to your shop... open your package of medium or fine steel wool... flick your bic... and you will see flames beginning to grow in the steel wool.

I thought it was bull too... until I tried it. Might be rust inhibitor used in processing... but it burns... and we all know heat changes the properties of a metal... so... that is something to factor in!!!

(This oughta fire up a keyboard or two - no pun intended... but please try it before anyone "flames" me)
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Ptrumble1
Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 10:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Still wool burns due to oxidation and excess exposure(surface area) to the atmosphere. All ya got to do is add a little Buell Fire. Try to get stainless steel course wool.
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Fireballsocal
Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 04:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The stainless is the way to go but sometimes hard to find. We use it in dirtbike silencers. Doesn't quiet as well as fiberglass but lasts way longer.
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Unibear12r
Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 04:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I thought of steel wool too but knowing the cost of a few wild fires changed my mind. I just got a repacking kit for my V&H from American Sport Bike.
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Typeone
Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 09:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I agree with Fireball, stainless steel seems like the better choice to me if you use the correct type. I had stainless steel packing in my Scorpion pipe (carbon fiber can, deep and mellow on an F4i). I wouldn't have needed to repack nearly as soon as traditional fiberglass packing. i also agree that its kinda hard to find. googled 'steel wool muffler packing' and found Briwax Stainless Steel Wool, and Borla has a shot of some stainless packing in this article.
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Jaredkuper


Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 02:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Back in Boy Scouts we actually were taught that steel wool can be used as a fire starter when combined with a battery. So yeah, very flammable.
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