V 2.0 of my exhaust lasted a fair while. Due to a lack of knowledge
and skill at the time (of which I'm not sure I've gained much in
recent years  ha ha )   I ignorantly made the driver side brackets so
that there was a fair amount of leeway (flex) in the exhaust
downstream from the flex bushing.   images http://tinyurl.com/o4k5e8y
http://tinyurl.com/pyj476e

The muffler eventually failed at the inlet though.  Image:
http://tinyurl.com/l8upnej   It was a Walker muffler so rust was a
factor in this, as was the lack of braces between inlet and muffler
body (WBX has muffler has these).  Backing up into a boulder didn't
help.    ;)   image: http://tinyurl.com/lzcbc5t Up until then, the
system was working with quite a few thousand miles on it.

On 2/8/14, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> I got to thinking about this.  Seems like any vibration in our exhaust
> would match up with the motor's vibes....rubber would maybe allow the
> exhaust systems to perhaps get just a bit of movement going....

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Neil n

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