I want to remove the Exhaust pipe on my sportsman 570 to wrap it in header wrap. I felt I could do a much better job with it on the bench.

I didn’t have my big vise grips at home. All I had were small vice grips and pliers. I had to give up as those are some really stout springs.

I’m just wondering if someone has found a better way/tool because even with my large vice grips I think it is going to be a pain to do it with them as well. I may just do it the best I can w/o removal of the pipe if it seems like too much effort/time for such an easy job as wrapping the pipe. I just wanted to do a clean through job is all.