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Haydobot Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2017 Posts: 27 Location: Sneads Ferry, North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:20 am Post subject: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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So a little over a week ago, I put a stinger on my bug, a couple days after that, it snapped off. I rebent out the swivel flange and put it back on, and it completely snapped off again. Am I doing something wrong that is making it keep fall off _________________ 1971 Super Beetle
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cletus_zuber Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2010 Posts: 2408 Location: Gladstone, Ore
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:25 am Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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What do you mean by "snapped off"? _________________ 1972 1302
HPMX 40's & 019 |
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ROCKOROD71 Samba Member
Joined: January 18, 2012 Posts: 2770 Location: Boston, MA
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:33 am Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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This is a great excuse to throw it in the trash. _________________ 1971 STD BEETLE- DD-1st car, 1st love. keepin' it stock! 1600DP, Solex 34-3 Mexi Bosch SVDA Dist NOW w/POINTS
1977 WESTY "KrustyKamper" 2L FI
79SuperVert wrote: |
30 years from now, the next guy may not want your girlfriend, but he may want your classic car, depending on how nice you were to it. |
asiab3 wrote: |
Careful guys, a petulant child can grow up to be president these days. |
**winter drivers: no survivors!**rust warrior**#keepbodyshopsbusy** |
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scottyrocks Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2016 Posts: 2666 Location: Long Island, NY
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:08 am Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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Snapped off sounds like it's broken. Since you put it back on, did it just fall off?
And pictures could help. _________________ “If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
– D. Tartt, 'The Goldfinch' |
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Max Welton Samba Member
Joined: May 19, 2003 Posts: 10697 Location: Black Forest, CO
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12468
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:58 am Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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Neighbors love this on weekends early mornings, especially if you warm it up for a minute or two. seriously though self locking nuts will hold it, with either size flange. is the car lowered? Are you dragging it ? |
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4419 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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I wish I had the guts to run a stinger. So reckless and devoted to singular purpose and impractical and loud.
Like go-carting the neighborhood with an open pipe in the middle of the night just because that happens to be the moment the motor started for you... Just having barely enough self restraint to duck it back in behind closed doors before the gumballs roll by...
But I digress. Sorry about the tangent.
Post a pic wouldja? Just for the grin. _________________ 1966 Sportsmobile Camper https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0
72 Super Duper http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=672387
(adopted out) 61 Turkis Pile https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=728764
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:31 pm Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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somebody in this area has a stinger and wheelie bars on their bug...single port,oe carb.....there's some things you just cant fix. |
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ROCKOROD71 Samba Member
Joined: January 18, 2012 Posts: 2770 Location: Boston, MA
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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mark tucker wrote: |
somebody in this area has a stinger and wheelie bars on their bug...single port,oe carb.....there's some things you just cant fix. |
Seems from this post that grammar isn't one of those things! _________________ 1971 STD BEETLE- DD-1st car, 1st love. keepin' it stock! 1600DP, Solex 34-3 Mexi Bosch SVDA Dist NOW w/POINTS
1977 WESTY "KrustyKamper" 2L FI
79SuperVert wrote: |
30 years from now, the next guy may not want your girlfriend, but he may want your classic car, depending on how nice you were to it. |
asiab3 wrote: |
Careful guys, a petulant child can grow up to be president these days. |
**winter drivers: no survivors!**rust warrior**#keepbodyshopsbusy** |
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4419 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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mark tucker wrote: |
somebody in this area has a stinger and wheelie bars on their bug...single port,oe carb.....there's some things you just cant fix. |
Wind up that 18 pound flywheel real good, drop the clutch hard and hold on!!! I love it. Also, with wheelie bars you're not knocking your stinger off.
A stinger makes me think of drag strips or something. Wheelie bars fit right in there too so I'm putting them on the bug running around my head just for the fun of it. Loud AND inviting a stop light challenge. Ahhhh the stuff of day dreams. _________________ 1966 Sportsmobile Camper https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0
72 Super Duper http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=672387
(adopted out) 61 Turkis Pile https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=728764
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Haydobot Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2017 Posts: 27 Location: Sneads Ferry, North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 2:44 pm Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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so the bug had a swivel flange, and like snapped off, I did have locknuts and it was all secured. But just kinda sheared off due to heat and vibration. I don't know how to properly put it on. Thought I just needed a gasket and some bolts. Nooooope. _________________ 1971 Super Beetle
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Chad1376 Samba Member
Joined: January 29, 2005 Posts: 1435 Location: Henderson, Nevada
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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Maybe you could peen the end of the pipe (make it larger with a hammer), after you insert it in the flange, so it can't slip back out. It might not work, but worth a try.
or..mark where the proper orientation of the stinger on the flange with a sharpie, and have a shop weld them together. |
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4419 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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cletus_zuber Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2010 Posts: 2408 Location: Gladstone, Ore
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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Is that triangle piece (its a flange) off of your header? or just part of the stinger?
if just part of your stinger, then you can get a new one, a quiet pack please, note the orientation of your header flange, some are straight up and down, 12 o'clock, some are cocked, 1 o'clock. _________________ 1972 1302
HPMX 40's & 019 |
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Cali_Army_Guy Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2015 Posts: 2094 Location: Stockton, CA
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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Jbugs has new stinger pipes for $27. I wouldn't even attempt to waste time fixing the broken one. $27 is cheaper than my time would be for trying to fix the old one. _________________ 2015 VW Passat Wolfsburg Edition
1966 VW Beetle - Sold |
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cleatusj Samba Member
Joined: April 09, 2017 Posts: 31 Location: Granbury, TX
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 6:29 pm Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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Hard to get good penetration on such thin tubing. |
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FullFender Samba Member
Joined: October 25, 2014 Posts: 647
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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Your car is trying to tell you something. |
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bobinphx Samba Member
Joined: August 14, 2016 Posts: 165
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:36 am Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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My first car was a bug. I built it into a baja. Complete with a stinger. Years latter I has a sedan. I wanted a stinger but hated how it stuck out the back. I welded in a 90 degree elbow and had a good old time driving around "loud and proud". Young adult + welder=traffic tickets! |
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Chad1376 Samba Member
Joined: January 29, 2005 Posts: 1435 Location: Henderson, Nevada
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:54 am Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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Just to provide OP with a little empathy: In high school (circa 1986), I too was broke and inexperienced. I also had an open stinger where the pipe came off the flange - from bottoming on a speed bump or something.
Not knowing any better, and not having access to a welder, I attempted to connect two with plumbing solder and a propane torch. I got the two to stick together long enough to re-install it on the car. I backed out of the driveway, and made it about 15' feet before the pipe fell back off again.
You guys giving him a hard time should look back at yourselves. I'm sure every one of you have been in the same boat at some time in the past. |
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mukluk Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2012 Posts: 7028 Location: Clyde, TX
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 12:13 pm Post subject: Re: Stinger Exhaust won't stay on |
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Zero penetration on the flange... crappy weld job. _________________ 1960 Ragtop w/Semaphores "Inga" |
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