"Wheeler's Anonymous"

Better than it swinging around the way it was.

 

@MADSTEEZE has a pet peeve with loose exhausts and he was forced to look at mine the whole trip lol

 

Haha!

Even saw it again in the video!

 

They close at 3 I think

 

The trail took about 4 hrs going the other way, so if we start at 9 we should have plenty of time if we wanted to go there afterward. (Should)

 

So O'Reillys didn't have what I needed so I made a temp fix out of zip ties, ready for the next trail

 

No duct tape? Are you crazy?! do you want it to break again?

 

Shoot! I wish I would have thought to tell you I had a bag of black zip ties with me.

Well the those break, I've got you covered!

 

I'm surprised you can't find a muffler shop to quickly fix that mount.

I know of at least 4-5 places near me that would do it for $10-$20.

 

I've got an appt with a local place early next week, I'm sure it'll be cheap. There's a rod that connects from the hanger on the tailpipe and loops through that rubber grommet on the other side of the leaf spring, not sure how common that is or if they'll need to order a part.

 

They shouldn't need to order anything.

I had exhausts done on just about every single vehicle I've ever owned. They usually handle small amounts of "fabrication" in the shop with no issues.

Not to mention they usually have a ton of scrap from stock take offs.

I'm sure you'll be good and it will be a fast and cheap fix. If they tell you they need to order a specific part and cost is above $20, I would personally go someplace else.

 

cool good to know, thanks for the heads up!

 

Agreed. I'm sure there's even people on here that would do it either fast or for free. Hit up @Shmellmopwho. Maybe he'd be willing to do a quick weld like that

 

Get that fixed for $20 almost anywhere.

 

Speaking of exhausts...have any of you dumped your exhaust after the axle? Mine is hitting my dakar leaf springs now but I'm worried that if I cut the exhaust i'm gonna get a lot of highway drone

 

I've been meaning to cut mine off but I'm also worried how it will sound.

 

I considered dumping it, but didn't because I was concerned about water having an easier path to get in the muffler.

That may not actually make a difference, but the bend over the axel seemed to make it much more difficult.

 

That's an issue? I always thought the engine puts out enough exhaust that it can't do that

 

Yeah me either.

I don't think for a sec the water would make it to the engine, but in to the muffler itself once submerged is my only concern. And the concern being accelerating the aging process of the muffler itself.

I'd be glad to know that it's not possible. Then maybe I'll cut mine to ensure a larger spare will fit in the stock location.