Muffler Clamp

mshmodela

mshmodela

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I noticed a few weeks ago my car sound just a tad louder than normal... Not like a hole in the muffler... well I think I found the source:

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You can see the blacking near the clamp..

So are the muffler clamps etc from the suppler ok? I typically buy from Synders.


Thanks
 
You need both bolts, make sure you have the manifold and muffler lined up perfectly, and that you don't have that clamp on upside down (it looks correct in your photo).
 
Brentwood Bob said:
try brass nuts when you replace the missing bolt.
Bob
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I've order a new clamp and copper gasket but for now, the bolt with the missing nut is in place (not lost) , so I've removed the other bolt and nut (amazing what a QTIP of PB Baster will do on threads) to get a matching replacement nut... The bolts and their threads are in decent shape so I might just see how that works... I'll see if I can find a bass nut locally --thanks!
 
Bratton's sell a muffler paste that comes in a tube. Anytime I install a muffler clamp I put a bead of paste in the groove on each clamp piece. It makes a good seal when it hardens. If when I have reason to remove the clamp I clean out all the hardened paste and apply new.

Tom Endy
 
I believe #9 is correct. The smaller radius goes on the exhaust pipe side. And The clamp probably does not need to be replaced, so I would not buy parts until I diagnosed the problem.
Bob
 
I usually use the inside sleeve along with a gob [ technical term] of exhaust paste when installing that clamp. I also double nut them just for the heck of it.

And as said, the joint needs to line up almost perfectly.
 
Tom Endy said:
Bratton's sell a muffler paste that comes in a tube. Anytime I install a muffler clamp I put a bead of paste in the groove on each clamp piece. It makes a good seal when it hardens. If when I have reason to remove the clamp I clean out all the hardened paste and apply new.

Tom Endy
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Smart man that Tom Endy! Wayne
 
The clamp looks correct as pictured. The longer taper goes down.
I use a dab of muffler cement around the inside of the pipe flange.
 
I could not find any brass for now I grabbed some stainless and added two lock washers...
Did not over tighten it... just snug.... Silenced up the car! I wonder if the car might have been sucking in some of the exhaust from the Zenith (if so, if possible, a heat/less oxygen feedback if you will....)

She drove fine..

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Any thoughts about the best way to orient the clamp? One part front, one part back; or one inside, one outside; or obliquely oriented; or doesn't matter at all? I've seen it all different ways, but obliquely seems more common in my experince.
 
ModelABum said:
Any thoughts about the best way to orient the clamp? One part front, one part back; or one inside, one outside; or obliquely oriented; or doesn't matter at all? I've seen it all different ways, but obliquely seems more common in my experince.
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Think about how it might have been assembled in the factory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZnGWJ_6BwU

If it was easy for them - then perhaps orient it to be easy for you?

Of course according to the video, the body was off when the muffler was attached.

Joe K
 
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