Word of caution (zorst, not RTA or LAW related)
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:12 am
Hi All,
I while back (very long while) I posted about a squeaking noise coming from the front underneath my car.
Well it turns out its not a squeaky fan belt (as lost of people said) and it was directly related to removing the rear muffler and putting in a replacement (my case a cannon, its off now)
The issue is this. See image then explanation
Now the red circles are the factory zorst mounts, there just rubber.
By removing the lower left mount as it was not needed to hold a replacement muffler in place, there is nothing to hold up the piece where it attaches to the main zorst (blue circle) and as such puts allot of strain on the mount near the CAT.
What was happening is that the middle mount was unable to hold up the weight of the middle part of the zorst (blue circle) properly and was stretching, nearly to the point of breaking.
I had a look under there and was like WTF!!!! it was literally sagging 5CM lower then it should have been. (maybe 6 months of new muffler fitted)
If you have replaced the muffler and no longer using the rear left mount, and they have not made another 1 near the joint, get it checked out, because I can assure you the same thing will happen.
I while back (very long while) I posted about a squeaking noise coming from the front underneath my car.
Well it turns out its not a squeaky fan belt (as lost of people said) and it was directly related to removing the rear muffler and putting in a replacement (my case a cannon, its off now)
The issue is this. See image then explanation
Now the red circles are the factory zorst mounts, there just rubber.
By removing the lower left mount as it was not needed to hold a replacement muffler in place, there is nothing to hold up the piece where it attaches to the main zorst (blue circle) and as such puts allot of strain on the mount near the CAT.
What was happening is that the middle mount was unable to hold up the weight of the middle part of the zorst (blue circle) properly and was stretching, nearly to the point of breaking.
I had a look under there and was like WTF!!!! it was literally sagging 5CM lower then it should have been. (maybe 6 months of new muffler fitted)
If you have replaced the muffler and no longer using the rear left mount, and they have not made another 1 near the joint, get it checked out, because I can assure you the same thing will happen.
