Originally Posted by
submax
Thanks for the info, John! I had wondered about the orientation of the straps as my rears were facing left when I removed them. I put the new ones on facing right as shown in the manual. Just for clarity, my new muffler is a Drummer SS, not a stock one. So, there is no front strap anymore. Any thoughts about why they supply two nuts with each rear strap (neither one that came with mine appears to be self locking, but I could be wrong)? And, what is the white stuff on the threads from the factory if not a thread locker? I didn't add any loctite since it didn't call for it in the manual and I assumed the white stuff was a thread locker.