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Exhaust bracket & more
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My car's exhaust box bracket snapped the other day... I wasn't even driving (luckily) Rimmerbros specifically state that their bracket assembly isn't suitable for aftermarket exhausts, but I don't know if mine's original or not. It probably is, but how to be sure? Any labels are long gone. Also wondering how to know if the exhaust system in general needs replacing? There are no visible holes or anything, but it seems quite rusty. Cheers Edit: Here's the bracket in question. Last edited by Dragrad; 7th February 2017 at 22:52.. Reason: Pic inserted |
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Made my own out of some soft steel strips that were lying about. Grinded off the top lugs and welded onto the new strips. Used the remains of the old bands to make the new.
Made an adjustable "join" with a nut and bolt to tighten the frame and it all worked rather well except for the huffing and the puffing and expletives in trying to get the old one off and the new one on
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Holy Scot, 33 000 posts? Hats off to you, my good sir (where's the hats off smiley?)
Anyway, unfortunately, I don't know how to weld and I don't know anybody who does.. Well done though, must have taken some time and effort! By the way, did you manage to take the rubber mountings off intactly? Just wondering really, as I already cut mine off with a knife - but I'd be impressed if anyone did! So, you don't know of an aftermarket mounting bracket? And any idea about my initial questions? |
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Had to cut the rubbers mountings which were new replacements with multi-positional holes. Became apparent as the job progressed., Needed to do so to get the height adjustment right. Sorry cannot find an image of one at the moment, but I got them from the local Auto-parts retailer. Taking the original rubber mountings off proved nigh on impossible, so a Stanley knife proved to be the only recourse So the newer, adapted, 3 hole one one was used, (cut off the top hole) as adapted to give a good fit. As to an after market bracket.... to fit... that would depend on the specs. of the exhaust body. After market exhausts can vary in in specs. The original was double skinned and so will not "blow" until the inner skin erodes away. Which is why I opted for the "adjustable" bracket using a long bolt and thread.
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Large Jubilee clips, joined together to make them even bigger, work well.
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Here are the brackets, if that's of interest. The rubber mountings look original, but not the rest, I think. Quote:
Edit: Sorry about the big pictures, is there an easy way to scale them down? Last edited by Dragrad; 10th March 2017 at 00:19.. Reason: Thumbnails enlarged |
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You can buy pre-drilled galvanised strapping at builders merchants. Ideal for exhaust bracketing.
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