Hello all I’m late to the party but I only got my boat October this year and then came up against this baffle problem on Christmas morning ?.
so as you can imagine nowhere to get a replacement until the day after Boxing Day! So after doing a bodge repair for two day I got the part and was puzzled about how to swap it easily which led me here.
I was was trying as suggested on here and as I wiggled the rod I noticed the very end piece unscrews and you can drop the old baffle into the bottom and pull the rod in with it and then all out trough the ash tray opening and replace in reverse.
I hope this saves someone a struggle.?