On Friday, 2 September 2016 18:14:00 UTC+1, newshound wrote:
On 9/1/2016 11:29 PM, tabbypurr wrote:
On Thursday, 1 September 2016 20:16:32 UTC+1, Simon T wrote:
"alan_m" wrote in message ...

Snap - 2001 ford focus.
I couldn't find and suitable bracket and 2 off garages didn't want to weld
to the back of the cat, or didn't want the job.
I bodged up a DIY bracket.


Thanks for that, I'll do a temporary bodge with some coat hanger wire or
something to get me by, whilst I see about procuring the parts you
suggested. :-)

Coathanger exhaust fixes tend to be permanent in my world. Rubber loops might reduce noise some but they're hopeless reliability wise. Bull over substance as always.

The rubber loop is there to prevent *fatigue* of the steel hangers.

If it causes more failures than it prevents it's counterproductive. The last car had them, and once I replaced the rubber bands with wire there were no more problems.


NT