I used to crawl under the car every Saturday morning with my dad to replace the coffee cans and hose clamps that we use to fix the exhaust on the old station wagons......😪 some good memories

Honestly bro, unless you’re redoing an exhaust on your show car, this is absolutely the way to go. I can weld, my pops in law is a welder and this is still the way we do it. Coming from Wisconsin we have to change certain exhaust parts every few years due to rust so this is quite faster and cheaper. Nice video. Thanks for making this perfect step by step task. Great for beginners too!

My exhaust pipe broke in one spot upstream of the resonator on my drive home the other day. This looks like an excellent way to fix the issue. Thank you, Sir! Great video!

That is exactly my problem and I’m looking forward to payday getting this muffler put back on without costing $1000. Thank you so much, dude.

Good advice about the pipe expander. You can also use a lap joint band clamp so it will seal the two sizes of pipe diameter (original od and the expanded od which you made). Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

Thank you. Your video is one of the better ones I've seen on this topic so far. Good video. Thank you again. Have a great day.

Clear, concise, easy to understand and execute…well done! Thanks!

Thank you for taking the time to make this video I found it very helpful I've never worked on exhaust before and have no idea what I'm doing.

Thank you very much for this video. I got a dual exhaust setup from the junkyard I need to reconnect as well as had to cut out my cats. And now I can connect everything without welding

I didnt know I could rent an exhaust expander tool! A game changer thank you.

Dang! I can weld but figured the scale was too heavy to get a solid weld so this is the way I ended up doing it! Thanks!

You answered all my questions. Especially the one about getting the additional room to move the pipe back to fit.

Nice job. You made it look so simple.

Good video. Straight to the point. Thanks for the help

Surprisingly some newer makes actually use clamped exhaust form the factory. It’s flared also and then uses a wide band style clamp around it.

This was very helpful, thanks for showing.

Been doing repairs like this for years no mechanic wants to weld just one pipe insist on replacing everything which is total b******* so I've been fixing like this since I was a teen but never seen that pipe expander very cool thanks for the video

Thank you really appreciated this!

Great video! Thanks for posting!!

Nice video, thank you for making it.

This is a big secret of fixing exhaust pipes, you can easily DIY fix exhaust components without an expensive welding rig. There are also metal mesh and aluminum tape fixes for holes in exhaust components.

Life saving video. Thank you so much

Great video!! I have to do this exact same thing.

Muffler shops are pretty expensive nowadays. And parts are expensive too. Way Back when, a turbo muffler only cost $20 bucks nowadays punk kids are suckered into buying a $700 muffler and chrome extension to make their POS 4cyl make a weird ass BBBRRRUURRPP sound. How in hell they think that sounds "good" is beyond me.

Thanx for the video, nice & easy !

Thank you for your video it really helped me I found this issue as I was working on something else. I liked the video and subscribed to your channel

This gave me a good way to not weld when your replacing your exhaust system. Thank you 👍

Simple enough , good video 👍

This video helped me a lot I appreciate it

Thanks for you video very helpful!!!

THANK YOU ! GREAT HELP!

Great fix! Instead of buying a whole new exhaust! I’m thinking about cutting my muffler and just doing what you just did. It’s just an exhaust so not going to be a huge problem just loud

great video.

Very helpful thank you

Thank you for the video. It was really helpful.

Nice very helpful. Thanks!

Amazingly good thanks

Great repair idea !

Nice this will help me big time

Yes, thank you. This is very helpful

Back in the 60's & 70's we used a Tin Soda can and hose clamps for quick fix on broken muffler pipes.

Thank you so much!

Yeah this is exactly what I do too except I paint all the parts with rustoleum or something because they rust extremely fast if you don’t.

Life saver! You are the man

30 years ago I was moving home to Michigan from Texas when my exhaust pipe broke on the freeway. Towing a dual axle uhaul with a vega. 2 16oz Budweiser cans with the ends cut off,and 2 hose clamps lasted me another 6 months driving till I junked the car

I would've just got PVC pipe and duct tape it together but I'm glad I found this vid

My exhaust just snapped on my car so I was curious and came here hopefully my garage won’t charge to much to fix my corsa thinking of getting rid anyway as I never use the thing other than commute to work. Happened on my last car aswell was a clean break on the pipe so hopefully should be able to repair it. Just hope they don’t find any other issues on my MOT This Tuesday 😂

Those parts store extensions and adapters are super thin. I usually only get 1-2 years before they rot off. Usually, a muffler shop will sell you short pieces cheap.

You can buy already flared pipes it seems like it would save u some trouble but I definitely love this video chief

Good job

A bang up job..

thank you for your video....

Thanks much.

gonna use this method on a turboback straight pipe lol wish me luck

Nice useful video. You should mention that you really need an impact driver for that expander. I'm sure that the 'professionals' will call this a 'kludge' repair, but that's a good repair that will last as long as the rest of the exhaust.

Great job! Thanks.

You saved me $295. That's how much a guy wanted to charge me to weld it.

Neat and nice

We used to use Campbell's soup cans and a few clamps if we had a hole on the straight pipe. Worked awesome for the short term.

Thank you

Thanks for the video, I have exactly this problem with my van and apart from the rust on the join the whole system is sweet so to be able to cut away an inch or so either side to get to the good metal and add an extension or bridge is so obvious it's genius, thank you, I'll be doing this on my day off 👍😊

If i took a sip of beer every time he said uh id go through a 24 pack 😂

Thanks !!

I’m trying to figure out how to do this but I only have a little bit of space, my flange after the cat rusted off and I have like an inch of material after the cat to work with. And i think I’ll need to cut off some little pieces to even get a pipe around it. Thinking about using a less thick pipe maybe something flexible from Home Depot

Thanks!

They sell light steel clamps that slip around the pipes, and tighten with screws. These clamps slip on from the side by opening the clamp wide enough. They have the nut already in the clamps main body, just slip on and tighten the bolts into the nut. Length of clamp is about four inches, and don't require additional U bolts or other clamps. Cost is $24 Canadian.

I use JB weld 👋 don't like the u clams they bend stuff good video

I need a tailpipe and was wondering if I had to weld to muffler? Thanks

Looked great, hopefully it’ll last you quite a bit of time!

@bbb jim1 Good day sir, after cutting my muffler flange with a cutting wheel, my muffler ended up with a few metal shavings in it. I replaced the muffler but then 2 yrs later, that aftermarket muffler rotted and needs to be replaced. My question to you sir, is it safe to put the muffler that has a few metal shavings and particles in it, back on my car. (I kept it, because the muffler was fine, just the flange was blow out). I am on a budget, was going to connect the factory muffler (metal shavings muffler) with a exhaust sleeve, and clamp it back on. Thank you for your time and any advice.

It is against the shop policy to replaced just broken parts, it also against the union rules in MA shop just to do that! you have to sell the labor and parts for the whole system from what behind the catalatic convertor or modlefold to catalatic convertor. I have seen this practice since 1974 until I moved to Los Angeles in 2008 that I hired the repair shop in Mexico to do just welding and pipe expansion technique that cost me $20.00 instead of $980.00 of my 16 years old Toyota Trecel. Thank you for your demo.

thanks!!

my pipe broke right after the cadilitic where it starts to curve. so a regular straight pipe wont work. do they sell flexible repair pipes that i can use in this case

you could also try band clamps. no need for an expander.

Haven't worked on exhaust before. Stuck bolts/studs had me stumped. Just gonna cut the flange off and repair it this way.

Nice work.Just one small problem: Why do you cut iron with a stone disc?

Hello, could you please share what kind of specific seal you used to put inside the pipes? Thanks

rico t. where did you get that mini pipe saw.

Great, just what I need. The expand tool, what the tool name is? Where can I get one. Thanks in advance

Thanks, got my cat stolen and no place will sell me a new one under like $800 unless it’s a universal. And I’m not doing that to my car when I’m fortunate enough to actually have a V8 engine. Let’s hope this is pretty unnoticeable since nobody does “emissions” testing around here.

Where did you buy that caliper tool

Is there any cons if you take away the flex pipe and replace with regular pipe my g37 has the whole flex pipe ripped I need to replace it but I don’t know if doing that will make it sound ugly I’m tryna save the most money as possible

thanks cleveland

Good point ( but not mentioned) is that the bolting for the clamps is sideways.....good practice NOT to have the studs extend down at the 6 o'clock position. Any further work by techs , with the car on a lift..... will avoid head-pokes !!!!

Thx u

THANX

I have big dreams of someday putting a floozy toot on my 84 318 Dodge b250. Any suggestions.

that's straight lagit

How long did the VersaChem exhaust sealer last? Any leaks?

So I'm just curious, as this video was posted 16 months ago, is this still holding up? I need to fix mine this weekend

Hey mate what size exhuast you have and what size sleeve you buy I got 2.5inch system need to know repair size

How long would somthing like this last? GREAT VID by the way!!!

i dont understand why do you have to expand the pipe cause i need to fix my car but dont no what size pipe to get

thank you peter griffin

I remember when muffler patch was ASBESTOS!

Awesome but mine is the flex pipe

Man was using a mason blade to cut metal hahaha 😂

What's the name of the tool used to measure the pipe?

since you saved me mega bucks where do I send the money for your well explained video?

You are prone to exhaust leaks if you fit the adapter over the pipe leading to the muffler supposed to go on the inside other than that good vid!