TheSamba.com :: View topic - Exhaust bolts studs etc etc.... what do I need?

Fri Dec 05, 2003 2:23 pm

I'm replacing the exhaust system all from copper rings out... I have the copper rings and I have the triangular gaskets... how many exhaust studs part n14684.1 on Bus Boys will I need?

How about the nuts and bolts for the elbows, heater boxes, etc.. are they all the same? Where can I find them or will the local hardware store have em? What size are they?

Lastly How many donut clamp kits do I need?

I have a 78 westy FYI.... And I can't look at it- it's in storage and not near my house...

thanks...

joshua

Fri Dec 05, 2003 3:19 pm

What kind of exhaust do you have? Stock?

This is the best resource for stock exhaust part numbers: Old Volks Home.

ski2liv wrote: I'm replacing the exhaust system all from copper rings out... I have the copper rings and I have the triangular gaskets... how many exhaust studs part n14684.1 on Bus Boys will I need?
- 8 8x9x56mm studs are required. Use 8mm copper nuts.

Quote: How about the nuts and bolts for the elbows, heater boxes, etc.. are they all the same? Where can I find them or will the local hardware store have em? What size are they?
You can use fractional or metric. Use stainless. The originals were:

- 12 M8x25mm for elbows (afterburners as they are sometimes called)
- 6 M8x25mm for mounting cross-over tube or extractor to heat exchangers
- 1 M8x28mm, 1 M8x18mm to mount Y pipe to crossover pipe
- 3 Mx25mm to mount y-pipe to extension pipe or cat
- 3 M8x15mm to mount tailpipe to muffler

Quote: Lastly How many donut clamp kits do I need?
One to mount the extension pipe or cat after the Y piece to the muffler.

Fri Dec 05, 2003 7:32 pm

Damn Ratwell.. now that's helpful!! All the answers I needed YOU DA MAN!

thanks!!

And yes- it's stock.. no cat converter