How do I quiet down my sled?

silverlakez400 · Post by **silverlakez400** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:12 pm

I have a 74 x6, and it's really loud!! I wear ear muffs while riding it, but I would love to take my daughter on it for a ride. Can I buy a different muffler without losing power? or should I try to put insulation on the inside of the hood?

JDT · Post by **JDT** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:22 pm

It may be that the baffles are rusted out on yours.

Try a new muffler (stock) and I bet you will be happy.

These are not loud machines.

silverlakez400 · Post by **silverlakez400** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:28 pm

that would be nice and easy!! thanks

silverlakez400 · Post by **silverlakez400** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:43 pm

okay, newbreed, dennis kirk, and MFG do not list a muffler for my sled. am I calling it the wrong name? any other sites to look at?

Post by **Matt** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:15 pm

You will most likely need to find a good used one, unless someone happens to have a NOS one laying around.

lwb140 · Post by **lwb140** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:46 pm

havent checked the parts books but ive got a good used one for a jdx4spec 1974

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:10 am

This post reminds me of a funny story about a JD300…..it was one of our first sleds down here in Flatlanderville. One of our first sleds (15 year ago) was this JD300 with a “custom” exhaust. Well it snowed and we were out terrorizing the town when a pick-up pulled up and said, “the cops are looking for you guys”. (You understand there are not many or any sleds in sleepy little Flatlanderville). I remember asking as we were on the outskirts of town, “how did you find us?”. I knew the machine was loud but it was obvious when the response was “I rolled my window down………”

JDT · Post by **JDT** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:14 am

Put a note in the classifieds section here and someone may have a NOS one or a good used one.

silverlakez400 · Post by **silverlakez400** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:04 pm

JDT, 5 years ago, I would have been that guy on the loud sled. But now I'm realizing how much I want my ears to work when I'm older, so i'm looking to change things up. That and I own a house and I'm stuck with the neighbors, so I wan them in a good mood.

How much for the pipe? I don't know if I can afford it, but I don't want to ride the sled unless its quite enough. I'll try putting all the plastics on and see what that does.

400brian · Post by **400brian** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:10 am

Do you have an airbox on it? The carb contributes a fair amount of noise, especially from the drivers position.

silverlakez400 · Post by **silverlakez400** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:23 pm

I do have an airbox on it. I blew my track up, so I'm putting muffler search kind of on hold. I had my brother over Sunday and I fired the sled up. he thinks it too loud, and he wont wear ear plugs at a NASCAR race, so that said something to me.

400brian · Post by **400brian** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:38 am

The muffler you need is AM53092, the same as a '74 JDX8.
I have a bit of experience with that. A couple of years ago while running the Vintage Challenge, my X8 got really loud.
I had blown out the pipe, however, when I removed the muffler ( and its more work than it looks like ) I found that the lower half was rusted out, probably due to rodent pee.

These mufflers are very hard to find. A buddy helped me out with an NOS one. They don't show up on ebay very often, new or used. Good luck.

JDT · Post by **JDT** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:58 pm

Maybe MR Deere will set you up with his old one if he goes for the upgrade he was talking about.

400brian · Post by **400brian** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:58 pm

JDT wrote:Maybe MR Deere will set you up with his old one if he goes for the upgrade he was talking about.

Except that Bob has a '73 440/21

JDT · Post by **JDT** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:39 pm

Manifold would not exchange but muffler might fit.

Or I am I wrong???

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