Exhaust Hangers!?

[VeeDubG40]

Hi all,

I cannot for the life of me get these new exhaust hangers to stretch to fit the new exhaust!

Any ideas?

Nice

[hayesey]

try harder?


seriously, they're supposed to be tight or they wouldn't hold the exhaust up.

[VeeDubG40]

i know they are meant to be tight smartarse, anyone got anything constructive to say?

[cheys03]

You can soften them in warm/hot water first and also use soap to slide them on. Otherwise as Hayesey says - bit of muscle will see them right.

[supercharged spaniel]

i know they are meant to be tight smartarse, anyone got anything constructive to say?

No no i don't think he's trying to be the slightest bit smart they are really really tight to fit.  I used a bent bit of rod to pull the rubber hanger downwards whilst i manourved the exhaust into place so to speak?

[hayesey]

well I kind of was being smart because I'm having a bad day in the office  

but they are tight yeah. I generally get the car high enough to get under it properly, hook one side on and use the backbox itself as a lever to stretch the hooked on rubber as much as possible and then hook on the  other side, use a hook or a screwdriver or something to put through the 2nd rubber to pull it on.  I seem to recall last time I did this I was scrunched up under the car using my knee to push the backbox across and then both hands to hook the other side on!  Id made it harder for myself because I've welded stronger hooks to the car body for it to hang on and these required even more stretching of the thick rubbers I used but the end result is a very solidly mounted box.

[Alexiskayak_7]

well I kind of was being smart because I'm having a bad day in the office  

but they are tight yeah. I generally get the car high enough to get under it properly, hook one side on and use the backbox itself as a lever to stretch the hooked on rubber as much as possible and then hook on the  other side, use a hook or a screwdriver or something to put through the 2nd rubber to pull it on.  I seem to recall last time I did this I was scrunched up under the car using my knee to push the backbox across and then both hands to hook the other side on!  Id made it harder for myself because I've welded stronger hooks to the car body for it to hang on and these required even more stretching of the thick rubbers I used but the end result is a very solidly mounted box.

Also spray some wd40 into the rubbers, they will slip more easy to the hangers...
Hayesey the backbox has stopped bouncing?

[hayesey]

well the standard hooks are prone to bending too easily and the back box falling off, especially when the hangers get a bit rusty.  My exhaust came with some pretty thick rubbers (it's a PPP exhaust from Yoof + Andy) which holds it nice and tight, so yeah it doesn't bounce.