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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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Exhaust fit problems.

Hey guys, working on the exhaust and I'm having some fittting problems. What did you guys do with the right side frame bracket that goes on top of the tranny crossmember? It seems like the downpipe won't line up with the 5" if that is still there.


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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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I only use about half of the original hanger locations. Don't worry if you have to remove a couple, the big pipe doesn't go anywhere once it's assembled.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 02:01 PM
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I also completely removed that big plastic sound isolater that hanger is attached to, makes it alot easier to work up there.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 03:12 PM
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I also completely removed that big plastic sound isolater that hanger is attached to, makes it alot easier to work up there.
same here, the ten charachter minimum is BS. Made things alot easier to work with.
 
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Sry, what I meant was..do you have to re-use the metal bracket that holds the transmission crossmember to the frame? It seems removing that or getting a larger crossmember is my only option.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 03:26 PM
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Oh.....the bracket that sandwiches the crossmember onto the frame? There should be plenty of room there. Threre should be a slight bend in the intermediate pipe that allows you to rotate the downpipe up a little and still get good alignment downrange.
 
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