Exhaust repair / replace

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Exhaust repair / replace

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Hi all, the bracket on the middle section of my exhaust has failed and the exhaust is rattling around. The exhaust is ready to be replaced so I'm after some options, not looking for the best exhaust going as I'm going to get a new car soon. Any ideas on what to replace mine with? I'm after the whole exhaust.

Any help much appreciated
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Or maybe I weld the bracket back to the exhaust - anyone done this before?
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I welded mine about 7 years ago in the same place and it's still fine! If you do it, get the exhaust up in the right position with an axel stand before you weld it. It'll be sagging a bit in the position it sits now.
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6n2stan wrote:I welded mine about 7 years ago in the same place and it's still fine! If you do it, get the exhaust up in the right position with an axel stand before you weld it. It'll be sagging a bit in the position it sits now.
What did you use to clean up the metal under there? Mines rusted quite badly.
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Wire brush on an angle grinder

Mine isn't welded on either - the welds role ages ago. It's held on by two crossed jubilee clips
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alexperkins wrote:Wire brush on an angle grinder

Mine isn't welded on either - the welds role ages ago. It's held on by two crossed jubilee clips
That's not a bad shout - did you just hook the jubilee round the bit which the rubber bush is on or thread it through the rubber?
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It goes around the exhaust pipe and tightens down hard holding the bracket in place if that makes sense
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alexperkins wrote:It goes around the exhaust pipe and tightens down hard holding the bracket in place if that makes sense
I can't picture how it is - my bracket is just a straight piece of metal hanging down from the rubber, has something broke off it?
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Originally it's a L shape I think with a section welded onto the exhaust - you get me?

If you are able to cross the jubilee clips over diagonally it should hold

Alternatively through the rubber bush could work but it might make it a bit tight and rattle
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Here it is -

Image

is that the entirety of it?

Does it attach as it is there, so the L shape being welded on just before the kink in the actual exhaust?
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How do you upload pics? My car is on axle stands as we speak so I could get a pic

I wire wheeled mine as Alex says to clean it up before welding.
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6n2stan wrote:How do you upload pics? My car is on axle stands as we speak so I could get a pic

I wire wheeled mine as Alex says to clean it up before welding.
Cheers would be useful, i'm not sure where it originally was fixed to the exhaust

just load them up to to this site and copy and paste the link it generates into your reply

http://postimage.org/
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