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Originally Posted by SixSick6
There are two hangers by the cat, two in the rear before the 90 and 4 going to the back by the muffler. All of those are thick 1/4 pieces. It doesn't matter if the pipe breaks, the exhaust still has to be physically taken off. If the pipe breaks you can simply slide another section over it and hold it temporarily with exhaust wrap which works great in a pinch. This whole thing could have been temporarily fixed long ago for less than $10.
As far as this being my job, it's far from it. If I had a dollar for every piece of good advice I've given I'd be a rich man and you know it. I just see bad information on the regular and give my opinion. Believe me, I've wondered why I bother for many years now. I'm pretty much done with this site.
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For christs sake man, give the guy a break.
Yes, bits of the exhaust CAN fall off. I couldn't tell you how many times I've had to get under the Capella with the MIG and reattach the bracket in the middle (no cat on my car). No bracket attached = two hangers meaning squat. And the rear...
I had the freakin muffler FALL OFF. There was NO hangers, because the last guy had moved them about to his own liking. I drive a few hundred KM to go visit my girlfriend at the time, and the muffler fell off with a clang, sparks, loud exhaust, person braking behind me violently... no danging by a hanger, it was OFF. It took five minutes stumbling by the roadside trying to find the damn thing in the dark to take home and weld back on.
It can happen. And I can see exactly where he's coming from. Yes, it's dangerous, nobody is debating that. But sometimes, just sometimes, it's not possible to fix something as soon as it breaks.