Re: Re: roll pans on and I received the gibson

From: Bob Nichols (bnich@bellatlantic.net)
Date: Sat Sep 19 1998 - 09:53:06 EDT


Stephen J. Fisher wrote:
>
> Just put on my Gibson 3" single, there are probably some similarities.
> The clamp at the head of the muffler was drived on so tight that it
> crimped the muffler and cat pipes. I had to heat up the muffler pipe
> and wrestle it off only to find out that I needed to cut off about 2/12"
> of the cat pipe to make the Gibson fit (the muffler is longer). Measure
> yours before you go through this and you should be able to save some
> work. The rest of the installation was a breeze. Also, you might want
> to shoot some litho grease in the rubber mounts to make the removal of
> the hangars easier.

Steven, I did the job last night, but thanx for the tips. I used some
WD40 on the mounts. Had to cut 8" off the pipe ahead of the stock
muffler. I used a wafer wheel. The install went pretty easy. Thr truck
runs alot better. Bob



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