This morning as I was going over speed bumps, I noticed a clanking sound coming from under the car. I crawled under the car and noticed that the pipe connecting the cat to the muffler is not secured. The entire exhaust therefor shakes up and down hitting the undercarriage of the car. How do I resolve this? Thanks.

 

This happened to me once. I went to my local Midas and they charged me $35 to weld it back down. I thought it was a hell of a deal.

 

what part was welded? There's a bridge that the pipe sits on. Could I just secure the pipe to that bridge with a heavy guage wire?

 

This happened to me too. The spot where it was welded from the factory was crap and it broke apart from the exhaust pipe. That welded portion was also part of the support hanger which was why my exhaust pipe would bounce freely. My temporary fix was to take a hose clamp and clamp the pipe to the broken hanger.

 

There was some bracket near the axle, I don't remember exactly where. They already had the car lifted and I figured it was a good deal to get it welded. I would imagine that some wire or maybe a U bolt would suffice.

 

thanks!

 

CRAP!
the (last) pipe leading INTO the muffle has broken off from the muffler. The pipe IS part of the muffler assembly. A new muffler would resolve the problem but it would be nice not to spend that money right now.


Can it be welded back together? This exhaust has 110K miles on it and a five mild DC winters.

Thanks for your help.

 

If the flange is rusted pretty bad, it's not worth welding it back on. It will just break apart again in no time. That's what mine did, and everyone else from Nissan's crappy welding points. I ended up buying a whole new muffler, but some members on here had just cut the flanges off and just weld the pipes together, or used some type of metal coupler to join the pipes together. It's really up to you on how you want to solve your problem. I know they have a replacement muffler for our 5th gener's which is just as good as the OEM. It runs about $100.00 and you can save money and put it on yourself. It just involves jacking the rear end about 2 feet off the ground, and twisting and removing the old muffler from the car. It's sounds risky, but capable. I replaced mine with no problems.