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As I recall.... I read an article about cleaning your pipe and it said to use a propane torch starting at the rear with the pipe hanging from the rear and working your way to the front. This supposedly get's the nasties flowing to the front where it can be removed. Is there any more to this than what I recall? Is this even needed?

Here is an article on pipe cleaning.

http://www.piperepair.com/carbon.htm

Has anyone tried the method described in this article?

Jason wrote: Has anyone tried the method described in this article?

Yup!

And? :-) How did it turn out?

Oh, you didn't ask that!

Worked about as good as every other way I tried, not that, that helps any

Did not get alot out but maybe there was not much in there? Smoked alot though

Thanks for the reply. I think I have 5 pipes total, so I was considering trying it on one to see if it worked well or not. I know a couple of mine are fairly "carboned up".

I know that i used my propane torch to clean my silencer parts, and it worked well.
Burned the carbon to ash and it came off pretty easy. I'll try it on my pipe. I think it has a lot of build up in it.

Good info. Maybe FMF should ship the "Aligning A Pipe" instructions and a broom handle with thier new pipes.

bradf wrote:Good info. Maybe FMF should ship the "Aligning A Pipe" instructions and a broom handle with thier new pipes.

Your KILLING ME!

They don't come with a broom???? guess i'm gonna have to go Pro circut.

I've owned both.... FMF is superior IMHO.

FMF = Fit Mutha Focker

For what it's worth, I have never had any trouble from my C or E model FMF pipes.

I took the stock pipe from my 88 and took it to the local machine shop. The owner soaked the pipe in the hot tank that he uses to clean engine parts. 10 bucks and a few hours later it was spotless.

The FMF pipe on my 04 mounted right up. Less than an hour to install pipe and silencer. The DG pipe on my 88 took the better part of a day and most of my patience