Please share your secrets! What mods have you made to your TRX?
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M@thijs
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by M@thijs » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:48 pm
Hey poeples....
Just bought a nice exhaust system from evils bay.But.....
The original down pipes seems to love the TRX

and he just won't let go
Has someone any good idea's how to remove the downpipes...?
The 4 bols are removed but the "clamps" (don't know the name) is stuck,it isn't moving not even a little inch
tnx already...can'd wait untin some real noise

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by cheesie » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:11 pm
soak wd 40 all over the area and leave for a night, next day give the down pipes a bit of a shake back and forth use a large blade screwdriver to prize then soak again and leave for another night, then they should come of with a little work and patients
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by M@thijs » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:43 pm
cheesie wrote:soak wd 40 all over the area and leave for a night, next day give the down pipes a bit of a shake back and forth use a large blade screwdriver to prize then soak again and leave for another night, then they should come of with a little work and patients
I soakes the in WD40 and used a little violance

...and you'd guest it....no movement what so ever.
Are there theories whit heating up....ore...
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by youngy » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:16 pm
I had to cut the collars on mine. even then it was very difficult to get the header off.
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by Kevtrx849 » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:04 pm
I've never had too much trouble getting them off but what i have noticed is that the studs tend to spread once they've been tightened. Solution is to use multigrips to bring them together slightly and the collars drop off. Also if you can pry them down a couple of mm and them tap them back up the crud should drop out. My tool of choice for this job is a paint tin lid remover. It has a 90 degree bend at the end and fits in between the collar and head just nicely.
Good luck.
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by Quan-Time » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:01 pm
retaining collars..
WD40 and some patience. They do come off, but it takes time.
I found the best for mine was to "wiggle" them up and down with some multi grips. Took a while to start em going, but once they started to move, it got easier and easier and just pulled em off.
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by madivi » Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:18 pm
(My profile is still as stock as my Trixie is, this might change)
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by TonyDevil » Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:29 pm
crowbar & a rubber mallet did the trick for me
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by phuk72 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:12 pm
heat, cold, big hammer and jemmy

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by M@thijs » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:36 pm
phuk72 wrote:heat, cold, big hammer and jemmy

I see.....all lovely jobs
I will keep you all up to date
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by Quan-Time » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:39 pm
dont forget lots of swear words.. I tend to find "your mother was a ..." and "you ugly piece of ..." can work wonders.
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by M@thijs » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:55 am
Quan-Time wrote:dont forget lots of swear words.. I tend to find "your mother was a ..." and "you ugly piece of ..." can work wonders.
Hahahaha,did'n try in english.....just in dutch.....tonight i will try in english...maybe she's more impressed then

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by TonyDevil » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:41 am
M@thijs wrote:Quan-Time wrote:dont forget lots of swear words.. I tend to find "your mother was a ..." and "you ugly piece of ..." can work wonders.
Hahahaha,did'n try in english.....just in dutch.....tonight i will try in english...maybe she's more impressed then

try Japanese, thats her mother tongue

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TDM900 2003 - commuting tool
TDM850 mk1 - scratching & touring
Z750 hardtail - project
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by M@thijs » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:47 am
TonyDevil wrote:M@thijs wrote:Quan-Time wrote:dont forget lots of swear words.. I tend to find "your mother was a ..." and "you ugly piece of ..." can work wonders.
Hahahaha,did'n try in english.....just in dutch.....tonight i will try in english...maybe she's more impressed then

try Japanese, thats her mother tongue

Has one of you some readable examples

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by John M » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:49 am
Give this a go:
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Or, "come off you no good mother fuk'r"
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