RB muffler repair or trash it?
07-09-13, 10:24 AM
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07-19-13, 12:17 PM
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The repair looks decent. May it last another 10 years.
Edit: thinking about it some, that muffler should have lasted 20 years without problems. Makes me wonder how good your rubber hangers are and how well tuned your engine was. Looks like some fatigue was happening back there due to heat (lots of it from a bad tune?) and not enough support. Notice the paint was gone? Actually, the Italian company that makes these mufflers uses a carbon paint that just brushes off after a few heat cycles so that's nothing new. It's a good idea to brush off as much loose paint as possible and repaint with some ceramic paint you get from the auto parts store. But that BBQ paint you used should work too.
Edit: thinking about it some, that muffler should have lasted 20 years without problems. Makes me wonder how good your rubber hangers are and how well tuned your engine was. Looks like some fatigue was happening back there due to heat (lots of it from a bad tune?) and not enough support. Notice the paint was gone? Actually, the Italian company that makes these mufflers uses a carbon paint that just brushes off after a few heat cycles so that's nothing new. It's a good idea to brush off as much loose paint as possible and repaint with some ceramic paint you get from the auto parts store. But that BBQ paint you used should work too.
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