Decided it was time to look again at the rear exhaust bracket.
As well as being a bit ugly, it continues to ground on sleeping
policeman. I took this photo a couple of weeks ago to demonstrate
the 'before' situation.
What I failed to notice was the bracket had snapped, and the exhaust
had settled down and was just resting between the bobbin and the
body of the car. I must have driven all the way to Stoneleigh and
back with it like that.
So urgent action required. Out came some scraps of steel, the drill and the angle grinder and a 'temporary' solution manufactured.
So urgent action required. Out came some scraps of steel, the drill and the angle grinder and a 'temporary' solution manufactured.
It's basically 2 right angle pieces of steel bolted together to form
a 'U' shape, with the bottom one bolted to the top of the bobbin and
the top one trapped to one of the pipes using a circlip (good thing
I bought a job lot of those at the Newark Autojumble. I'm using a
lot lately). It actually seems very solid so may become a
permanent solution
FWIW - the cradle 'just resting' approach might be the way to go, thats how my bracket works with a spring over the top of the silencer/tailpipe to stop it bouncing out - lets everything move around as required.
ReplyDeleteYou could be right. I still want to redesign the whole thing, that piece of angle iron is incredibly ugly.
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