Flip:
Get 'em from Gibson.
Sorry to hear you had such a time with the install. Just call 'em;
they'll probably send 'em to you free.
Richard in San Antonio
On Sun, 9 Jan 2000 17:38:43 -0800 fdedip@whale-mail.com writes:
>Well, after getting home and looking at my instruction sheet I
>discovered I was right- there is just one more clamp than needed. I
>can live with that.
>This is what happened- with much cussing, I cut the pipe. Then I
>went to get the thing off the hangers, and (forgive the technical
>lingo) discovered that the metal hangers go into these rubber
>thingies that are attached to other metal things which are attached
>to the truck. I wasn't sure if I was gonna still need the rubber
>things or not, but decided I should try to do so, in case. The best
>way to get the metal hangers out would have been to cut off the head
>piece, but I knew that wasn't gonna happen with that hacksaw. So I
>cussed and struggled trying to get the damn things out,using a
>variety of tools, generally not in the way they were intended to be
>used. Finally, frustrated, I cut the rubber things where the exhaust
>
>hangers were (leaving the rubber part attached to the truck),
>figuring if I still needed the rubber pieces, I could patch them with
>
>duct tape. Removed the exhaust, put the new one in. Very easy,
>except I discovered I DID need the rubber things. OK, no worries,
>until I get it all together and ask my dad where he keeps his duct
>tape. No duct tape. So fine- I'll go home, and put my own duct tape
>
>on tomorrow (getting dark at this point)
>Me and my sister get in, off we go. 1/2 mile down, I hear the
>tailpipe start to drag. I won't repeat what I said. Pull over, soon
>
>as possible (another 1/4-1/2 mile) and see that indeed, my mutilated
>rubber thingy can't hold the weight of all that tailpipe. I have no
>tools with me, so I'm trying to do- something, anything - with the
>tailpipe, and wishing more cars would drive by so I could see what I
>was doing. (quite dark now) My sister asked if I had a flashlight-
>oh yeah! So she holds that, and I pull off the end piece of the
>tailpipe (obviously not tightened down well enough) throw it in back,
>
>and go. Nervously.
>Today, I took my duct tape, bought a new socket so I could use the
>ratchet wrench instead of the crescent, went back out to my dads
>house, and lavished duct tape on all the rubber things. Tightened
>the clamps down better, and used a wire coathanger to fab an extra
>support for the end of the tailpipe- worked pretty good. I took the
>shiny tip off- it looked funny anyway, because there's no chrome on
>my truck.
>However, I now need to buy some new rubber thingies, because I don't
>trust duct tape and coathangers as a permanent solution. Anyone know
>
>where I should get them? And what they're actually called? Or is
>there a better way?
>Flip
>
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