Ok so my GFs temporary car had the exhaust snap the otherday. Her day patched it up with a pipe and some pipe clamps. It was all nice and quiet for like a day.
Seems the nuts on the pipe clamps keep vibrating loose allowing exhaust leaks. I tightened them down good last night and they already loosened.
SO would thread locker work in this application cause that pipe is right off the header so it gets hot?
any other suggestions short of tack welding the nuts to the u bolt that are dirt cheap and i can just climb under and do quick?
Yeah what he said, but go a step further if there are enough threads exposed to do this:
crank the nut on the clamp down. Then put a normal lock washer on and another nut over that. crank that thing down and bottom out the 2nd nut over the lockwasher & first nut. Then take another wrench and turn the first one backwards a 1/4 turn or so while holding the 2nd nut in place, that way they lock into eachother.
Interference-fit exhaust hardware (as most OEM is), works fine. It may need to be replaced, however, as the interference fit wears out after repeated removal/installation.
While I would agree with this, my plan doesnt mean you should be undoing things which may cause annoying noises etc…
Ron best bet to follow my plan would be to remove the exhaust all together, including the header. This will also throw other curious men off as they will think her car is indeed faster/louder than theirs.
Tighten nuts. Clean with wire brush. Tack weld nut to clamp. Grind off when needed. These things are $3 at NAPA. If you don’t have a welder, I imagine if you did you would have just welded the exhaust in the first place, then try above combination of lock tite, lock washers, lock nuts, ect…
