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antz1
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17th Jan 04 at 23:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

the zorst is restin on the rear axle and is makin a awful noise any 1 else had this problem
PaulW
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17th Jan 04 at 23:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

loosen off the rear exhaust system clamp & rotate it round 180 degrees, is more than likely that which is catching
antz1
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17th Jan 04 at 23:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yeah thats rubbin but its on the thinist bit wot should i do? sounds like my cars fallin apart
PaulW
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17th Jan 04 at 23:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

try get some slightly shorter length rubbers for the backbox mounts on rear of car & also centre section - will raise exhaust up a bit
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17th Jan 04 at 23:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

is there middle rubbers didnt c them, doh cant get under the car now 2 fujckin low
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yup there are 2 rubbers which hold up the centre section, i shortened mine by about 3/4 of an inch, also reduced play in it so it hardly moved
antz1
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howd u shorten them
PaulW
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didnt cut them, and unsure if there similiar on other corsa's, but the rubber mounts which were on mine had 3 bits like in the picture. one on the left is normal, and on right is how I had them. green bits are the metal brackets from the underside of car & off the exhaust system.

but instead of putting them both in the middle one, you may need to put one in the normal location & one in the middle
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18th Jan 04 at 00:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

also the one on the right it will look like that when its done as it will stretch a bit!
antz1
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18th Jan 04 at 00:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

cheers mate will hav a look at my car 2 moz, then go from there, but thanx 4 helpin
robtj
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18th Jan 04 at 03:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

mine was dropped 60mm and i had no problems
Siberia
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i wonder if you could draw a diagram for doing a 2ltr conversion as simple as that one for the exhaust????
gregwilko
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18th Jan 04 at 12:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

mine did the same, but when i raised the backbox, it sat at a funny angle...i.e pointing in the way. it did my tits in so just took it to a custom exhaust place who chopped it up and welded it up in the proper position for me!!!! only 40quid
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i just tunred my rubbers on there side>proper vaux ones
but its never banged or caught anything and its a grp a rally zorst bigger bore
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i had so many probs with my exhaust when lowered 75mm+ so i ended up swopping it to a bfo system, it was a scorpion grp a system before that, solved all my probs!
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18th Jan 04 at 13:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

VERY easy solution to sort this is to pop your car to a good exhaust fitters. They can heat up the bend in the exhaust over the rear axel and once its red hot just put a bit more bend on it to get it to clear. Also turn the clamp around as others have sugested. I wouldnt bother with peoples ideas of fitting foam/rubber to the axel etc as that sound like a bodge job style. If you have the clearance alos fit some shorter exhaust rubbers which the exhaust place should stock. Basically be nice and wave a tenner under their nose when they are quiet and they should sort you and it will only take about 10mins...
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18th Jan 04 at 14:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by TOMAS
I wouldnt bother with peoples ideas of fitting foam/rubber to the axel etc as that sound like a bodge job style.


no-one mentioned that though
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Sorry. Posts like this have come up quite often and poeple usually sugest that method. Then we get a twenty page thread on which type of rubber and fixing method is best I think most will agree that simply heating the exhaust section with a blow torch and tweaking it slightly is THE best method...
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18th Jan 04 at 15:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

cheers mate, didnt think of that 1 will give it a go
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18th Jan 04 at 15:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by antz1
cheers mate, didnt think of that 1 will give it a go


padding the exhaust/rear axle?? nooooo don't do that!!!!
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18th Jan 04 at 15:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

no not that goin 2 zorst center and wave a tena under there nose lol

 
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