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Semi OT : Exhaust bracket/hanger replacement
On 03/09/2016 11:30, wrote:
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.
Even though I had the same problem it was the original exhaust on a
fifteen year old car. I doubt if the rubber mounts caused the problem.
One half of the hanger had rusted off and the other half was hanging on
by a piece of rusted metal around quarter of the original diameter. The
point of failure was at the weld to the exhaust pipe just behind the CAT.
There must be a good reason why millions of cars on the road have rubber
mounted exhausts rather than wire mounted exhausts.
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