Exhaust Clearance

hot enough to melt a rubber donut. Concentrate on the hangers and get them aligned properly.

The rubber isolator fell out when they did the cat-back and never got put back in. They make several types. A local muffler shop will have plenty and might even have a hanger they can thow in for you. If not, the "help" section in pepboys or autozone will have the isolator.

Take it to a muffler shop you can trust, and let them cure your headache for you. It'll be worth it not to have to screw with an exhaust rattle in your driveway, on your back. Like Doug said, they should have the correct hanger isolator in stock, and it should be pretty cheap too.

Spdloader

Thanks for the heads-up fellas!

The rattle is driving me batty. I'll pull into the muffler guy and have him take a look-see this weekend.

~Jon

It is supposed to be rubber mounted all the way back with the tailpipe coming out at the corner on a 45 degree angle to the sides and back for fume control.

I simply went and bought generic hangers to do mine when the 'muffler' shop couldn't figure out how to install a Dynomax muffler into a CJ7 because CJ's here in Canada don't need cats and their book is American.

They just couldn't figure out how to let the main pipe run perfectly 'straight', it had to have a bend and flange.

Talk about losers calling themselves 'techs' not knowing shit if the 'computer' don't tell em so.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: N> Hey folks,

Hello Mike,

Well whoever installed it has the tail pipe shooting straight out the back right between the gas tank skid plate and the rear passenger side leaf spring - leading to metal on metal squeak, and the pipe banging around over what seems to be just any imperfection in the road. It does not extend beyond the bumper, but tucked neatly and tightly in there.

To be perfectly honest, I'm not too interested in dropping it off somewhere and ponying up an hourly rate for something I could just do myself. Then again, I'm not really a mechanically inclined individual.... yet.

The last thing was a stiff steering issue, and had a referred mechanic fiddle with / troubleshoot the steering shaft & gearbox, only to discover it was a bad PS pump like I originally said to him. He went ahead and replaced it seeing that "he already had it off", soaked the engine compartment with PS fluid in the process, then washed it down with Kerosene, and now the TPS is giving me problems (code #24 / check engine light).

Of course he claims it has nothing to do with what he did, or that the fact that the steering wheel isn't quite perfectly straight is "no biggie". The fact that the steering now doesn't return to center and the engine almost conks out during idle when the peddle is tapped or on highway acceleration (TPS thing) is met with the classic "it was like that when it came in" ... like I'm some sort of idiot. I really don't feel like playing slap & tickle with the guy since there's no way to prove anything at this point. Plus, when my bullshit meter starts pegging, I have no restraint or common sense - I just see red.

I'm just already tired of dealing with "mechanic$". I truly believe they will "set things in motion" whenever they get the chance, and play Mr. Nice Guy so you return to their shop.

Sorry for the diatribe, I'm just somewhat frustrated by all this nonsense.

~Jon

The tailpipe should be coming out on a 45 between the tire and the shackle on top of the spring. You can hang it off the frame there with a universal hanger. I just bent the metal band of the hanger into a U shape and hung it over the frame tight. There was a tab bolted to the frame there at one point that was the hanger mount. I believe YJ's are the same that way as the CJ's, just on the other side.

If it is straight out the back, the exhaust will vortex there and get in through zippers or the slightest soft top crack and smell bad besides being a CO risk. Out the side will vortex under the tire and come in under the vehicle if there are any leaks.

Mike

J> Hello Mike,

I don't remember if the OP's Jeep was a CJ or YJ, but both the OEM exhaust and the Gibson I have in my '93 exit between the gas tank skid and passenger side shackle, the OEM angled downward, the Gibson straight out. It's a tight fit - when I first put the Gibson in, I broke the rearmost hanger waaaayy up on the frame. I couldn't fix it right away, so I drove around with the most god awful clanking for a while.

What you're describ> The tailpipe should be coming out on a 45 between the tire and the

That downward deflection is important. If that is all the YJ has, it's easy to get an add on end piece shaped right.

Mike

The Merg wrote:

My '95 went without the rearmost hanger for some time with no clanking. You may want to check if the support that attaches by the transmission (over the skid plate) is attached. If it is not, it may be letting things move around.