Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400
Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2017/6/6 19:58:32
It's almost harvest time here on the farm again. Hopefully I will get some more shop time soon.
I contacted Southwest Packard and got a pair of the exhaust hangers that I needed where the pipes pass through the frame. I had already cleaned up the one I had but theirs was a little different so I used both of those.
On my bracket the "dimple pin" was on the lower portion of the center bracket as shown below. On the two I received the "dimple pin" is in the u-bolt.
Since my new exhaust pipes do not have the dimple at all I'll just replace the u-bolts with newer ones. I have already replaced all the rubber in in the brackets.
I was also hoping to use those nifty pipe clamps through-out the whole systems so that I do not crush the pipes. However, the pipes connect right here where these clamps go and I can't use both. So, it looks like I'll be using the u-bolts in this location. The u-bolts are not pictured here as I have not picked up the new ones yet.
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I contacted Southwest Packard and got a pair of the exhaust hangers that I needed where the pipes pass through the frame. I had already cleaned up the one I had but theirs was a little different so I used both of those.
On my bracket the "dimple pin" was on the lower portion of the center bracket as shown below. On the two I received the "dimple pin" is in the u-bolt.
Since my new exhaust pipes do not have the dimple at all I'll just replace the u-bolts with newer ones. I have already replaced all the rubber in in the brackets.
I was also hoping to use those nifty pipe clamps through-out the whole systems so that I do not crush the pipes. However, the pipes connect right here where these clamps go and I can't use both. So, it looks like I'll be using the u-bolts in this location. The u-bolts are not pictured here as I have not picked up the new ones yet.
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