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6/9/2025, 10:07:17 AM
A couple months ago, my exhaust broke going into the muffler. I've never done exhaust work before and am no mechanic, though I can usually manage.
After taking the old exhaust off from the cat converter back, I started putting the new one on. When I went to bolt the new pipe to the cat converter, one of the bolts wouldn't go on right. I took it off and put it back on two or three times until I finally figured out what had happened.
Whoever had the car before me had CUT OFF THE FUCKING FLANGE from the cat converter and welded on a different one. Except the new one didn't have the holes 180° apart, so they just... welded on another tab in a spot that was close enough. The material of the weld got in the way of the nut and made the bolt go in at a fucked up angle.
After taking the old exhaust off from the cat converter back, I started putting the new one on. When I went to bolt the new pipe to the cat converter, one of the bolts wouldn't go on right. I took it off and put it back on two or three times until I finally figured out what had happened.
Whoever had the car before me had CUT OFF THE FUCKING FLANGE from the cat converter and welded on a different one. Except the new one didn't have the holes 180° apart, so they just... welded on another tab in a spot that was close enough. The material of the weld got in the way of the nut and made the bolt go in at a fucked up angle.
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