Is there a trick to getting the end cap off an exhaust pipe?
A while ago, I bought a couple of twin carbon cans from a wrecker for a project bike. They were cheap because on one of them the front end cap and the carbon around it was slighly roadrashed, and it had a couple of minor dents.
I thought it would be quite straightforward to get the cap off, fix a new strap in place, possibly drill a couple of new rivet holes and then rivet it all back together. And perhaps while it was apart, the baffling might 'accidentally' fall out.
However, I've drilled and tapped out the rivets, but the end cap won't budge. It's slightly skew already from sliding down the road, but it won't budge more than a couple of mil each way.
Am I missing something bleeding obvious? How do I get the bastard off? And once it's off, how do I get it back on again?
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