Original exhaust....
Had to replace the entire original exhaust system, including the cat, on my xB today because of just a tiny hole in the pipe. It has 58,000 on it.
What happened is that I got a hole near the clamp that hold the stainless TRD muffler on. I patched that hole but the other day it grew into a bigger one. After a trip to all the local muffler places, no one wanted to do anything for me, so I decided to take on the job myself. The dealer wanted over $1,000 for the factory one piece system and I found a few online for around half of that. I decided to go for the split system from Walker, and was $300 out the door from Advance. All for a little hole in the pipe after the resonator, and because it was a one piece system, I had to replace the whole thing. The job was really easier than I thought and the hardest part was keeping the crap out of my eyes and getting those rubber hangers to come loose. One piece systems are a joke. |
those rubber hangers are impossible to deal with. i dont know how you did it by yourself. trying to replace the muffler on my box was not possible so i had to take it in to a shop.
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When I did my exhaust, I just slit them open and got a replacement from the parts store. Its not a application-specific piece. Any rubber hanger with the holes approximately the same distance apart and same size holes should work. Not worth dealing with trying to muscle them off.
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Originally Posted by buickid
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When I did my exhaust, I just slit them open and got a replacement from the parts store. Its not a application-specific piece. Any rubber hanger with the holes approximately the same distance apart and same size holes should work. Not worth dealing with trying to muscle them off.
What I did was open up a little hole with my smallest screwdriver and sprayed some LPS1 in the little opening around the hole. I kept working around the hole with the little screwdriver and spraying until I could get a bigger one in there. Then the muscling came in. I didn't know they weren't a specific part. Thanks for the tip. Next time I'll cut them. |
The same thing happened to my XB, I still haven't replaced it although I am finally breaking down and doing it. I don't think it's a job I want to do myself though! Glad to know that mine isn't the only one that's popping up with issues!
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