128 Muffler

[jaynjeep]

Originally Posted by mortten

I read that one is 38% quieter. Some suppliers still have the crimped ones. Same part number, lower price.

As far as I can tell the welded one is the only one that is claimed to be quieter. There are quite a few of the crimped mufflers still available from several different suppliers

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by Alvy

Me three. This ringing in the ears 24/7 makes it tough to sleep. Would like to say you get used to it but...........no

You do. I sleep like a baby and nothing wakes me up. I can also block out background noise and concentrate like nobody. I blame the ability on learning to tune out the ringing.

More lectures wouldn't have helped me any. I still rarely wear hearing protection and I have quite a bit of loss. Not bragging... but I figure it's a lost cause now. I don't see that it would make it any better. If it gets worse, that's what hearing aids are for.

[mortten]

I have ringing all the time from running heavy machinery. Don't seem to notice it too bad going to bed. I notice when I'm sitting quiet doing something like right now.

[ol'George]

Mine ring all the time, too much loud rock music as a young man, screaming motors tuning/driving, shooting sports,and 40 years exposed to factory noise.
I have trouble hearing normal conversation in a noisy environment, without watching lip movement.
Tinnitus they call it.
Hearing aids don't work,just make the "noise" louder.
They didn't tell us anything until later years after the damage was done.
I used to be able to hear crickets, not any more.
Wished I would've known about hearing damage, years ago.

[john hall]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

More lectures wouldn't have helped me any. I still rarely wear hearing protection and I have quite a bit of loss. Not bragging... but I figure it's a lost cause now. I don't see that it would make it any better. If it gets worse, that's what hearing aids are for.

You're younger than I am--quit being so hard headed dude I need to go the dr just to see how bad it is. It hasn't been 3-4 years ago I used to watch guys mowing commercially with zero-turns wearing headphones and think what wusses they were. My ears only began ringing about a year ago, but certain frequencies got hard to understand a few years back.

[zippy1]

Originally Posted by ol'George

Mine ring all the time, too much loud rock music as a young man, screaming motors tuning/driving, shooting sports,and 40 years exposed to factory noise.
I have trouble hearing normal conversation in a noisy environment, without watching lip movement.
Tinnitus they call it.
Hearing aids don't work,just make the "noise" louder.
They didn't tell us anything until later years after the damage was done.
I used to be able to hear crickets, not any more.
Wished I would've known about hearing damage, years ago.

Don't mean to derail your thread Jay, but hearing is pretty important, especially being completely deaf in one ear and only have 40-50% in the "good" ear...
Ol'George, I hear crickets all the time, even in the dead of winter. Take care of your hearing guys, when it's gone, it's gone for good.
Everybody's the hard ass till it's gone, then the "I wish I wore hearing protection when I was young" comes along. Granted that my deaf ear wasn't from anything I did, but the "good" one being what it is was.

[Yosemite Sam]

Wow, didn't realize there were so many others...

Used to be crickets, then it became like a thunderous roar in a huge auditorium (only not as loud). Now it's just a constant LOUD ringing and very difficult to hear someone talk if there any other noises and/or I can't see their lips.

Gotta turn the TV up so loud that Betsy raises cain with me. Don't listen to the radio any more cause it's just more noise. Also often times harder to concentrate.

Funny though, sometimes if everything is real quiet, I can hear little noises like the "click" that the thermostat makes just before the furnace or A/C comes on or I can hear the "tumblers" clicking on the key as it goes into the lock on the back door if Betsy has to unlock it when she comes home, I guess it depends on the tone of the noise.

[Merk]

Originally Posted by jaynjeep

As far as I can tell the welded one is the only one that is claimed to be quieter. There are quite a few of the crimped mufflers still available from several different suppliers

Let us know if you loose any performance-power with the muffler. I like to find something quieter.......with out the power loss.

[cubs-n-bxrs]

Wow it's just amazing how many of us fellow cubbers have hearing loss and tinnitus. I've had ringing in my ears for about 16yrs now. My hearing is shot. Been wearing hearing aids for the last 3yrs. All I can say is it sucks. If you are young protect your ears. Wish I hadn't been such a hard headed SOB when I was younger.

[Ash_129]

I hear what you are saying about the hearing protection.

My dad cut firewood as long as I remember. When I was about 12 years old, he mentioned that he wished he had used hearing protection when running the chainsaws all those years earlier.
I guess that stuck with me, because I put in the earplugs, or put on the earmuffs whenever running/using loud tools. Like: mowers, chainsaws, hydraulic wood splitter, shop-vac, angle grinder, and loud impact tools such as sledge hammer to steel wedges. Of course, firearm discharge is the no brainer for hearing protection. I also never liked my music too loud...ever.

I'd like to hear feedback on that welded muffler also. Mine may need to be replaced in a few years.