EXHAUST RUBBER HANGERS

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mudinuri

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• Mar 5, 2019

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Recently fitted the Rubber hangers to the two furthest to the rear exhaust hangers and one has failed already. I bought them on the internet but what poor quality. Today I went into my local Motor vehicle parts place and purchased two replacements in Black Rubber not the crappy reddish colour of the others I bought and paid £3.98 for the two. Hope these last longer.
Anyone had any trouble with these Rubber hangers failing so quickly?

 

Nodge68

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• Mar 5, 2019

• #2

mudinuri said:

Anyone had any trouble with these Rubber hangers failing so quickly?

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Yes. I find that only OE hangers are worth buying. Cheap ones off EBay get it through one MOT, but fail before the next MOT.

 

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mudinuri

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• Mar 6, 2019

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Hi,
Yes I"ll have to buy OE hangers next time. I just wonder how long the ones I bought yesterday will last, they are much thicker than the crappy ones I bought on the internet and were really hard to get on. MOT in two weeks time!!!!!

 

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guineafowl21

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Inverness

• Mar 6, 2019

• #4

Cheap rubber parts seem to perish within a year.

If you ever visit a scrapyard, never leave without some exhaust hangers, fuses and bleed nipple and tyre valve caps.

A sniff of WD40 or better still, silicone spray will make fitting and removing hangers much easier.

 

Nodge68

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• Mar 6, 2019

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guineafowl21 said:

Cheap rubber parts seem to perish within a year.

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It does, and that now seems to include some ball joint boots, which aren't lasting between MOTs now.

 

andyfreelandy

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Devon

• Mar 6, 2019

• #6

I tried the neoprene hangers but too much vibration and drumming enter the cabin so took them off again!

 

UnitLandy

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Whittonstall

• Yesterday at 14:37

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Anyone know a decent OE brand? Changed my old exhaust mounts (which still looked fine) but I thought "better safe than sorry" so put new ones on. Wish I hadn't as I've just looked and they're all torn under a year's use.

 

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FrINlander

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Finland

• Today at 19:13

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Does anyone know how vital the metal linkage from the exhaust to the IRD is? Mines cracked and I can see it's been welded(roughly) before. I'm considering just cutting of the nub, it's creating a lot of interesting noises when I let off the gas.