Hi everyone, I have a 1995 Acura Integra exhaust that I want to fix for a friend and as cheap as possible. It was was previously patched but that failed, see below picture. The problem I'm having is that the break is at the Cat and I don't have a lot on one end to work with. The triangle flange is completely rusted and not coming loose. The pipe at the break (inside the cat and inside the pipe) is 1.8" ID and 2.0 OD at the break. The two solutions I thought of so far include:
1) Get an adapter (1.75 OD) and put it into the cat with sealer, then use a pipe expander to get it tight inside. I don't see a way to clamp it down on the cat side. The other side can go over the pipe and get clamped down.
2) Get a straight piece of 1.75 OD pipe and shove it a good way into the cat and use some fiber weld wrap to make up any difference in diameter. The other side goes straight inside the other end and gets clamped down.
I don't have a welder. Does anyone have another idea?
Thanks in advance.
1) Get an adapter (1.75 OD) and put it into the cat with sealer, then use a pipe expander to get it tight inside. I don't see a way to clamp it down on the cat side. The other side can go over the pipe and get clamped down.
2) Get a straight piece of 1.75 OD pipe and shove it a good way into the cat and use some fiber weld wrap to make up any difference in diameter. The other side goes straight inside the other end and gets clamped down.
I don't have a welder. Does anyone have another idea?
Thanks in advance.