On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 08:58:42PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > > These flex sections are not the spiral wrap style, but are a sort of > accordion style with rounded individual ribs, not a spiral. There are no > seams.
There used to be a 6" piece of that stuff between the manifold flange and the hard pipe; I spent quite a while looking for it when I first had a problem with the exhaust system. A 3' piece of it in stainless would solve that problem permanently. Searching for it now (a number of years later, with my Google-fu much improved), I see that these are called "stainless steel bellows". Here's exactly what I used to have: http://lightningmotorsports.com/i-296897.aspx The kind of thing you're talking about, though, doesn't seem to be quite as widely available. There are several manufacturers who'd be happy to build one... I'd love to find a local place here around Norfolk that could do that for me; I'm trying to get moving south before winter kicks off. But it sure would be nice to solve this once and for all. > I got the idea of the flanges from the big ships I served on. You can cut > the bolts with a torch or grinder and slide bad pipe sections out sideways > if necessary. No unscrewing frozen screw connections. Neat trick. I think I'll do it that way once I get the bellows. Thanks, Norm. > Before I built my exhaust system I was aware that rebuilding exhaust > systems could be a nightmare. Truer words have rarely been said. :) -- OKOPNIK CONSULTING Custom Computing Solutions For Your Business Expert-led Training | Dynamic, vital websites | Custom programming 443-250-7895 http://okopnik.com http://twitter.com/okopnik _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
