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Kinda reminds me of when I was in the Navy and we used to send new recruits to the shop to get "relative bearing grease" or a bucket of "prop wash"... Anyway, on the subject of mufflers, I noticed a bolt head on the underneath side of the '02 KLR muffler in the dealership and wondered what it's purpose was. Looked to be a low point...could it be a drain? The Harley's gone and the KLR research intensifies. Sonny

I have wondered that myself, I think there are two there however, at first I thought maybe that was a way to remove the spark arrester, but that dont look right either. Speaking of the "pun" we used to always get Midshipmen riding along, they were absolute fun at sea. Used to have them on "Mail Bouy" watch all the time, and when we managed to capture a "Sea Bat", that could turn into something that should be on America's Funniest Video's, we had one dipstick that after getting hit the "First" time with a broom, get mad because he "almost" let it get away.... needless to say all bets were off after that, I think the "second" time he got hit with about 3 or 4 brooms, and started with the hey I almost let it ..... then I reckon something clicked and he turned about 12 shades of red and ran off. People that we did'nt like we had a special arrangement with a nice friendly Engineman Chief, when we sent them to main control for a "BT" Punch, since we did'nt have any Boilertech's onboard. Anyhow... Ride it like you stole it... or ummm Smoke-um if you got-um... wait I quit smoking... Ride-um if you got- um. Duden A15 Pilot

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Sonny Bulla wrote: > Kinda reminds me of when I was in the Navy and we used to send new recruits > to the shop to get "relative bearing grease" or a bucket of "prop > wash"... > > Anyway, on the subject of mufflers, I noticed a bolt head on the underneath > side of the '02 KLR muffler in the dealership and wondered what it's > purpose was. Looked to be a low point...could it be a drain? > > The Harley's gone and the KLR research intensifies. > > > Sonny

--- Sonny Bulla wrote: I noticed a bolt

> head on the underneath > side of the '02 KLR muffler in the dealership and > wondered what it's > purpose was. Looked to be a low point...could it be > a drain? >

Yes, with a high probability of snapping off when removed. Designed to let you periodically blow out accumulated crud. One of mine snapped off, the others I got out and put back with a heavy dose of anti-sieze. i would recommend doing that ASAP. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com

> Anyway, on the subject of mufflers, I noticed a bolt head on the

underneath

> side of the '02 KLR muffler in the dealership and wondered what it's > purpose was. Looked to be a low point...could it be a drain? > Sonny

No, it is not a drain. The two bolts are where you fit the grease zerks to lubricate the fore and aft muffler bearings. Brad

Yes, drains for "carbon removal", according to the manual. They rob you of aerodynamics and increase fuel consumtion. Take a wrench and snap em off. What I did! GT

> Anyway, on the subject of mufflers, I noticed a bolt head on the

underneath

> side of the '02 KLR muffler in the dealership and wondered what it's > purpose was. Looked to be a low point...could it be a drain?