Yep PITA I used a 18inch long spring puller and pulled the silencer and got it from above the recoil PITA!!!!

 

yup long spring tool and remove the silencer and put the bottom spring on. then replace the silencer. this is how I do it. very easy this way.

 

I could never figure out why everybody is havin all these problems with the exhaust springs, easy smeashy. Then I worked on one with E/S. Holy Shmitt what a pita!!

 

I just took my exhaust off to paint it. I hooked the spring to the y-pipe, fished a piece of nylon string thru the eye of the pipe and pulled the spring hook right thru the eye. Used a flat blade srewdriver to help steer the hook thru the eye.

 

Im really looking forward to that now when I install my electric start kit haha.

 

I have a spring removal tool that's about 16" long and a little flexible. Problem is I can't remember where I got it and there's no name brand on it.

I just changed my gears today and resealed the pipe. Not the easiest job but the tool I have worked the best I tried so far.

Wish I know where I got to get another one.

 

try using a piece of rope.

 

Then you can hang yourself when things don't go well... :frantics:

This process sounds almost as difficult as draining the chaincase oil...:wall:

 

I use those hot dog skewers. You know, the ones for roasting them over a fire. They already have a handle on them. I just cut off one of the forks (leaving one) and bend it into a hook. It's about 20 inches long and can bend anyway I want. Works like a charm!


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Well damn. Looks like I'm gonna have to sacrifice one of my wiener roasting sticks lol.

 

I feel your pain for the y pipe with the spring on the bottom. Gonna take mine to the dealer and have them do it. Hopefully for free. I tried so many times that the spring got stretched out so I need a new spring as well...... ?

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I feel your pain for the y pipe with the spring on the bottom. Gonna take mine to the dealer and have them do it. Hopefully for free. I tried so many times that the spring got stretched out so I need a new spring as well...... [emoji35]

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I just took the pipe off to install my bumper and seal up the y pipe. I took the silencer off and hooked the spring on the pipe first then used my spring tool to reach in from the right side to hook it to the y pipe. The harder spring for me was the one on the back side of the silencer.


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I haven't messed with the y-pipe yet, but I did my exhaust can last weekend. There's an inside spring that's difficult to work with ... probably nowhere as near difficult as the one being described here. That said, I used a boot lace for that spring. If you can find a way to string the boot lace so it wraps around the frame, or any other structure, to help "guide" the spring ... it works.

 

I'd recommend buying a really long spring puller. I got the spring on with the one I have now but it isn't being pulled too tight. So I'll have to get a new spring if it makes a gap or falls off.. I will keep an eye on it through out the season. Hopefully I can make it till I get a new pipe.

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I mentioned it in the thread I started about my sled ...but I'll say it again. I've worked on nearly every brand and model of sled and the exhaust springs on this sled are the most retarded arrangement I've ever seen

 

New Polaris owner after years of SkiDoo. I used a piece of decent gauge quality wire that I fashioned a little noose on one end and the other wrapped around a small ratchet handle. Loop it and pull that bottom Axys exhaust manifold spring.. Found it easier to partially remove cowling around the steering post to get it out of the way for canister spring install.


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I have that removed as well... Hahah

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If your not one to make your own SLP and Bikeman both sell long spring pullers that do a good job

 

Glad I don't have ES. Pulled mine off, again. took 2 minutes.

 

Thanks for rubbing it in. ?

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Did they swap primary clutches also?

 

Let them keep it. I have a few. :blink:

Let them keep the E/S, clutch, skies, windshield, to get the price down.

 

Puller I got from dk is the 15" from woodys took me less than a minute once I got the spring on the bottom hook to put it on.

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So the long spring puller worked than. My puller is 10 inches long or to short. when I did mine I used 2 long zip ties hooked together took me 2 minutes to hook spring 3 hours to figure out to use the zip ties.

 

hang the springs on the spring hooks of the y pipe before installing the pipe. then reach in after to grab just the unhooked en to hook it.
plus i made a custom spring puller a long time ago out of stainless rod. if you grind the end a cetain way it makes the puller much easier to remove from the spring.

 

By the sounds of it, I'm glad I don't have electric start

 

Here is the puller I got from dk

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