Hi all,
I'm trying to remove the rear two baffles from my stock '07 SM pipes. As others have noted, the welding on the rearmost set is a bit stronger than in previous years, and doesn't seem to want to break for a hammer and chisel. I decided to try with a 2 1/8" hole saw as others have done, since it should end up giving me a cleaner hole than with a drill.
I twisted and turned the pipe in the baffle until it broke off. Now my problem is that I've got this big hole in the center of the baffle, so there's nothing I can sink a drill bit into in order to keep the hole saw in place until it manages to bite into the baffle. All I've succeeded in doing is scratching up the baffle quite a bit.
Is there some simple way to steady the hole saw that I'm just not thinking of? Should I use a larger hole saw that'll just barely fit into the pipe? Or, should I abandon the hole saw and accept the jagged edges that I'll get from cutting out the baffle with a series of 3/8" holes?
Thanks,
--Brandon
