RE: My new exhaust!

["L. M. Lloyd" <ubik@austin.rr.com>]

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I got it taken care of. I gave $10 to a guy at a local muffler shop
to put it up on the rack, heat it up with a torch, and hammer it into
place with a rubber mallet. Everything works great now:)







The goal is to overcome the deliberate nature of the process. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy B [mailto:sirocco@telocity.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 4:56 PM
> To: L. M. Lloyd; thescirocco@juno.com
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: My new exhaust!
> 
> 
> I had to do this on an Autotech system a few years ago.
> Managed to get it off and re-install it on my current "Mars".
> It is a TOTAL PIA but can be done.
> On my exhaust (only on the previous car for about 3 yrs) the clamps
> had actually crimped the pipe a little. :(
> 
> What I did was:
> 1. Loosen and remove the clamps.
> 2. Soak, and then soak, and then soak...the connections with 
> penatrating oil
> and WD-40.
> (try part 4 first using pipe wrenches to twist the sections if they
> wont budge go to part 3.)
> 3. Hammer screwdrivers under the female side of the pipes on 
> three sides as
> far as you can without distorting the pipe too much.
> 4. Attempt (using pipe wrenches) to twist the two sections inside
> each other.
> 5. Keep twisting back and forth until the two sections will 
> separate (while
> hammering, kicking, and prying the two apart)
> 
> HTH
> Randy
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > > The rubber hangers won't settle that much...
> > > You can adjust the metal hangers on the inlet of the muffler,
> > > but I'd try tweaking the exhaust first.
> > > Check the clearances along the entire exhaust, running your
> > > fingers along it, especially by the over axle part where the
> > > heatshield is. 
> > >
> > > Move the exhaust around by the tailpipe as you continue to look
> > > for clearance issues.
> > >
> > > When I first installed the TT exhaust on my Scirocco, I had
> > > some rubbing problems, and the tailpipe hanger didn't line up.
> > > I called TT and Collin said that I probably have an early 16V
> > > 2" race downpipe, and that it is a little longer. I separated
> > > the exhaust, cut about an inch off of the downpipe, reconnected
> > > it making sure it was aligned, and it it doesn't rub at all.
> > >
> > > Peter - <http://thescirocco.com> - Discount Techtonics,
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> > > '84.5 Scirocco 42 133
> > > '84 GTI 63 348  - SciRollers: '79 70 900, '84 Black, '88 Red -
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