The Yin
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You know I totally forgot there was this issue. I never figured out what to do. I'll be interested if you figure it out. I haven't really noticed personally though.
I have that issue too, its rattling when Idling. I love everything about it but the fitment. P
The wife got me the Gibson exhaust for Christmas, thanks Jason for assisting her with getting everything handled.
I installed it last night, super simple and no issues. I was also concerned with the pipe resting on the rear cross member but after putting my hand between the cross member and pipe and then tightening everything up I have no issues. Sounds great, little louder than I as expecting but I believe I read somewhere they tend to mellow with a few thousand miles on them. :dancin:
It seems placing something between the pipe and frame before tightening did the trick. Once the side at the muffler is tight it seems to hold in place, though I haven't taken it for a drive yet.
I also found a video on youtube where a guy uses hose clamps around a few exhaust insulators and tightens them so that the pipe is held just a little higher. I might try this also just to clear the frame more. currently the pipe is maybe 3/4 and inch off the frame.
UPDATE:
I didn't tighten the bolts well enough so the pipe came down to rest on the frame again. That rattle was annoying. I went back under and lifted it back to where I wanted it and torqued the bolts down to 40 or 45 ft-lbs. The first time I only tighten the bolts with an open end wrench. The instructions didn't mention anything about the torque specs. I also added the hose clamps on the insulators to help keep it in place. So far so good. It hasn't moved back down yet.
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