Mechanic killed my bike's muffler i think?

[one_and_only2004]

just had my bike "tuned" by the local bike shop. I noticed on the reciept it had something about burning oil out of my muffler - i stripped it down to see what that meant...



I've never seen the insides before, but i do see balls of melted fibreglass so i'd say that's not good.
Can i just replace that stuff with normal pink bat fibreglass insulation?

[stu-k]

Just looks old and in need of replacing.
Bike shops sell proper packing its not that expensive.

[Troy5L]

wow that look pretty...mega burnage!!!
as for replacing it with normal pink bat stuff, not a good idea as that stuff can be flamable at a certain temp, and since its in the muffler it would reach hi temps pretty quick...myabe go to a bike joint and ask if they have any, or buy a cheap muffler for a bike off ebay and change the inner parts over...

[one_and_only2004]

well there you go i didn't know you could buy new exhaust packing - i'll have to check it out in tamworth tomorrow. Thanks fella's!

[shiftySLE]

would it not be worth it to speak to the bike shop?

[one_and_only2004]

nah, they're a bunch of idiots down there. I took a motor to them last year to have the flywheel pulled off - when i showed it to them the mechanic said "it hasn't got a flywheel" so i proceeded to turn the motor around and show them where it was....

[SAV_117]

so why take it back twice?

[one_and_only2004]

because there's only one motorbike shop for about 100km's? Even though they have little idea about motorbikes, they know a bit more about jetting them than i do.