RetiredJake
Junior Member
I read in one of the threads here that exhaust popping on deceleration is normally caused by exhaust leaks, and not the state of tune (rich/lean). So, I attempted to check the exhaust on my 08 Street Bob with Reinhardt Crossbacks. Well, you can't get to the upper nut on the rear cylinder with the heat shield in place. Guess what, you can't remove the rear heat shield unless you remove the front pipe. A lot of twisting and turning later, I managed to finally get on the upper nut, and it was a little loose. So was the lower nut, and both nuts on the front. Go for a test ride, better, but still popping.:bigsmiley19: Bite the bullet, buy a set of exhaust gaskets, take the pipes off, change the gaskets, reinstall the pipes. Modified the rear heat shield so I would not have to remove it any more just to check the nuts. Popping almost completely gone. :ap BUT, now had a rattle in the heat shields. :newsmile038: Unable to tighten them enough to stop the rattles, one hose clamp is stripped. Remove the front pipe, pull the heat shield off the rear pipe. Hose clamps in bad shape. Buy new hose clamps, put everything back together. No rattles, still a little popping, but greatly reduced from original condition. It sure is good to have something that keeps me off the street and out of the bars. :cheers