Exhaust Hangers Breaking

[68PowerWagon]

Let me begin by saying I realize right after I came home that I had the wrong shop put custom exhaust on my truck! Bunch of bends & seams!!! If that is not bad enough the tail pipe hangers keep breaking. This is the 3rd time in less than a year I have had to have them re-welded. He is supposed to fix it for me in a few days but I don't have much faith. These look like the same solid rod, bent around & welded to the pipe hangers I have had on my other vehicles with no issues. They have broken at the weld & just above the weld so it's not only a ****** weld job. Anybody have any suggestion?

 

[Ratket]

Bite the bullet and go to a different shop- Have them fix it all and be done.

 

[DRkNESS]

^^^. Agreed


Father Of Four

 

[Will Ram 2500]

Also sounds like the bends weren't bent right and they are pulling the pipe whichever way they need to get it in place and welding it to the hangars...with a constant pull of the pipe away from the hangars as a result.

 

[68PowerWagon]

These guys have a decent reputation around town but man they have just butchered my system. I am going to give them one more chance to make this right but I will NEVER have any work done by them again. If one of them breaks again I will put my tail between my legs & have someone else fix it.

 

[Phil21502]

I agree with above about a lot of shops using hangers to "pull pipes in place" this adds stress and is what causes them to break.

 

[tim57]

Rewelding, or welding on top of an old weld is never a good method. The metal becomes weak and will easily crack from improper heat setting when mig welding thin metals and trying to penetrate old weld.