Sideways? That's pretty weird. FM 50 offset in, center out, slipped in
as a direct fit.
Gary Hedlin wrote:
> Did you have to mount the muffler sideways? The guy who did mine put it in
> sideways.
>
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>
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> "Andy Levy" <andylevy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
>>That's what we (ok...Jon) did on my Dak. The original plan was to just
>>undo the clamps at each end of the factory muffler, pull it out, and
>>slip in the Flowmaster 50 with 2.5 inch pipes on each end.
>>
>>Didn't work out so well; Jon had to pull out the plasma cutter and
>>hacked the pipes as close to the muffler body as possible. I purchased
>>a new front hanger/clamp from the dealer (easiest way to handle that).
>>Fortunately the FM was slightly longer than the OEM muffler, so it took
>>up the "slack." New clamp in back and a second clamp up front as I
>>recall just to make sure everything was secure.
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