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okay to ride with no silencer packing?
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Posted by: Crazy lil punk

will it harm my motor? just noticed there is none left in there.
thanks, Joe

Posted by: ChvyCruzen

IDK, I heard it could make your motor run lean

Posted by: Crazy lil punk

quote:
Originally posted by ChvyCruzen
IDK, I heard it could make your motor run lean

ahh, thanks, anyone else know? how hard is it to repack?

Posted by: 250r4life

no, it will not make your motor run lean... just loud...

and no, it is not difficult to pack... take it apart and you will see how simple it is...

Posted by: matt250r21

Nothing sounds worse then a ratty blown silencer

Posted by: ChvyCruzen

Ahh I was wrong

Posted by: 86 Quad R

as stated. it wont hurt a thang. to repack is easy. after removing the rear tip, take a straightened cloths hanger and make a slight hook. this aids in pulling out the old stuff.

to install the new, you simply roll the new packing tight onto a tube that is slightly larger than the center tube inside the silencer. after you've done this, you are ready to place it inside the silencer. after its fully inserted, take and slide the tube from the silencer. the packing will then expand inplace.

Posted by: atvmxr

IT WILL RUN LEAN!!, granted you can rejet to richen it up. That was what destroyed my last motor. Packing was coming out during pratice. When to moto 1 and about 2 laps in, my piston melted.....
now maybe if you are putting around its ok, but when you are hammering the hell out of it on a MX track without rejetting you will have a melt down

Posted by: 250r4life

quote:
Originally posted by atvmxr
IT WILL RUN LEAN!!, granted you can rejet to richen it up. That was what destroyed my last motor. Packing was coming out during pratice. When to moto 1 and about 2 laps in, my piston melted.....
now maybe if you are putting around its ok, but when you are hammering the hell out of it on a MX track without rejetting you will have a melt down

i hate to tell ya but i think you gave credit to the wrong thing for your melt down...

there are several different things that can cause a piston to go... and having your packing coming out is not one of them...

Posted by: carl250r

they run better with the packing in,

it helps the sound pulse bounce back. that sound pulse helps scavenge the exhaust out of the cylinder. it is all part of a tuned exhaust pipe.

i know they have drag pipes without scilencers. but that is something else those are balls to the wall top end HP machines.

Posted by: Crazy lil punk

yeah, thanks for the info, by all means I'm replacing the silencer, just wanted to know if it was cool to ride it that weekend.

Posted by: 7 speed

All you will loose is a little TQ off your bottom end.

Posted by: nacs420

quote:
Originally posted by 7 speed
All you will loose is a little TQ off your bottom end.

The real things that happen when no packing is used:
Turblance (spinning air) BAD
top end gain GOOD
bottom end loss BAD
Lean jetting BAD
loud BAD