Hey y'all. It seems I've developed a crack in the tailpipe. Right were it goes over the axle. The crack is pretty much all the way around the pipe. As silly as it may sound, I need to "repair" this crack rather than "replace" the exhaust. I'm thinking that I'll get some flex pipe and some saddle clamps at the local parts house. Cut the pipe through slide the flex pipe on, then clamp it down on both sides.

Does that sound reasonable?

Does anyone know whether the tailpipe is 2.5" or 3" on a 1999?

Thanks guys,
Andy

 

should be 3"

if the crack isnt that big you can put a band clamp around it and it will do the same job with out the flex pipe

 

Thanks for the size info.

The problem is that it's in the curve over the axle. I don't think a band clamp would seal there. Great tip though.

 

yeah it wouldnt work there. flex is the only way to go on this one

 

you could, depending on how much your truck smokes, just cut the pipe off at the muffler and clamp/weld on a turndown.

 

you really need to get it welded....wire feed will do the best job here

if you wanna come up here I can do it in 10 minutes....free

 

band clamp will do it

 

Good suggestion on the turndown... but not sure that'll work for me. Truck's not a heavy smoker, but keeping the tip that's on there clean is has proved to be quite the task. Don't want my rear quarters, bumper and tailgate to be the same cleaning pain.


Good tip on the wire feed welder. I've only got a stick welder... WAAAAY too thin of metal to weld with that. I'd just make a bigger hole.

I may ask around and see if I can find a wire feed deal.

 

As long as you got DC on that stick welder it should do fine, just not as clean a weld.

 

I WISH it was DC... sadly... no.