Re: 1951 Exhaust support #426241
Posted by HH56 On 2020/9/3 9:23:16
My question is that photo of a 51-3 support or is it a 54 item.
In this photo of a 53 engine compartment there looks to be a tab welded to the exhaust pipe the end of the support would bolt onto. That would also hold with the hardware associated with the 51-3 support since there is mention of a second bolt to the pipe -- 51 had a 5/16" bolt plus a nut & washer while the 52-3 went to 1/4".
In 54 there was something called a loop associated with the support instead of a bolt. If that is a stock unmodified support in the photo, the way the bend is made on the support it almost looks like the 90 degree portion lays on the top of the exhaust pipe and some kind of clamp or loop goes around both to hold them together. Perhaps that change was done to cut costs since there was no need for the factory or dealer or aftermarket muffler shop to weld on a tab in a precise location. You could probably duplicate the function of the loop by using a common exhaust pipe clamp.
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In this photo of a 53 engine compartment there looks to be a tab welded to the exhaust pipe the end of the support would bolt onto. That would also hold with the hardware associated with the 51-3 support since there is mention of a second bolt to the pipe -- 51 had a 5/16" bolt plus a nut & washer while the 52-3 went to 1/4".
In 54 there was something called a loop associated with the support instead of a bolt. If that is a stock unmodified support in the photo, the way the bend is made on the support it almost looks like the 90 degree portion lays on the top of the exhaust pipe and some kind of clamp or loop goes around both to hold them together. Perhaps that change was done to cut costs since there was no need for the factory or dealer or aftermarket muffler shop to weld on a tab in a precise location. You could probably duplicate the function of the loop by using a common exhaust pipe clamp.
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