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Re: Is muffler sealant required?
Posted by Dean [Email] (more from Dean) on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:44:55
In Reply to: Is muffler sealant required?, BrianV, Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:56:59
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The sperical contact joints do not need sealant. However, they can be a problem sometimes. The two clamp halves can be deformed and need to be flattened out where they draw together at the bolts. I had a problem where I needed to put some wire mesh "wire cloth, maching cloth", 1/4" pitch galvenized strips under the clamps to develop better clamping pressure. That was on a Saab sport's exhaust. In a situation like that, the joint is loose and swivels. Sealant would alone would not fix that.
The flex joint on the intermediate pipe is a "wear item". The stainless steel corregated joint, under the mess, becomes brittle. This can easily be damaged from flexing during work such as you are doing. Then problems can often occur soon after that. So you probably do not want to get the old flex pipe glued in to the extend that replacing the flex pipe later becomes very difficult. So one needs to remember to take care in handling a used flex joint.
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