{"id":1251,"date":"2024-08-17T19:34:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T19:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2024-08-17T20:31:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T20:31:59","slug":"installing-a-new-empi-muffler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2024\/08\/17\/installing-a-new-empi-muffler\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing a new EMPI Muffler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I noticed that the mount on my muffler has split up from the muffler itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I figured I’d get to this eventually, but then I started to notice a clunk when going over bumps or when I fully pressed down the clutch lever while reversing. I thought<\/em> this might be a broken trans mount. Before I undertook that job which looked like a huge pain, I figured I would replace the muffler to see if maybe that was my clunk cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new muffler from J-Bugs arrived and I got to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The old muffler was pretty easy to remove I had to spray some WD-40 on the muffler to header mount and just wiggle it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now before we get to putting the new muffler on, it did come pre scratched and dinged, since it is a baja it is ok I guess… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now putting the new muffler back on, that was a learning experience. Try as I might I could not join the muffler and header in holy matrimony. The previous installer just crimped the heck out of it and the new muffler would not go in. I tried anti-sieze, mallets, etc, but then I had to buy a tubing expander. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NAPA sells a tubing expander cheaper than you can rent one for from Oreilly. I got a Belkamp\/Evercraft for $24 with a lifetime warranty. You know, if I every use it again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This worked amazingly well, it got the crimp from the exhaust clamp out in minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I replaced the old exhaust clamp with a new stainless one while I was at it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So the question on your mind, besides fixing the broken muffler mount, did the clunk go away? YES! <\/strong>The clunk was not a broken trans mount, but rather a broken muffler mount. I am super stoked on the whole project and the clunk resolution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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