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Aligning Exhaust Tips?
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Aligning Exhaust Tips?
Well my driver side hangs down... obviously it needs to go up but I really see no way on doing this as there's only one hanger holding the muffler to a bump stop. I tried prying with a piece of wood and a jack but this steel is just too tuff... any recommendations?
Drifting
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Do you have any exhaust mods? either way, its why I hate working with the exhaust, its a whole system. If the H (or X) pipe and cats are not aligned then it will throw off your tips. The above suggestion is good, loosen some of the flanges and try shifting the exhaust around and see if it helps.
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Try this. Loosen the dirver's side flange bolts just ahead of the rear axle. You will need a set of jack stands to do this. Once the flange is loose, see if you can slide exhaust hanger tab on the muffler out of the hanger bracket. Take a large cresent wrench and close it down until you can use it to pry up on the hanger tab extending off the front of the muffler. You should be able to bend it up or down enough to affect how high or low it hangs in the hanger. Once you have it set, recoonect the flange ahead of the rear axle and tighten bolts to 35 ft-lbs. Good luck with it.
Last edited by SUPERCRUZ; Oct 7, 2007 at 10:05 AM.
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