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Title: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Jan Suhr on 24 August 2019, 19:13:56
Do I really need this bracket?

I guess its purpose it to prevent some vibration noise.

(http://www.protouring.se/files/omega/pipe_bracket.jpg)
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: annihilator on 24 August 2019, 19:43:23
Never seen one on any of the 4 v6's I've owned.
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: TheBoy on 24 August 2019, 19:46:47
I never refitted mine on any of the V6s I've had.
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 24 August 2019, 19:49:58
Given how cheaply GM build their cars, it wouldn't be there if it wasn't needed... ::)
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Jan Suhr on 24 August 2019, 19:54:47
I never refitted mine on any of the V6s I've had.

I haven't either done it on the ones I have had. Thought I should now since I have had some vibration noise when it wasn't mounted.
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: johnnydog on 24 August 2019, 22:01:53
This bracket with 2 U clamps is on all my V6 's.
Given that it only takes a couple of minutes to refit it on a new exhaust, is there any reason NOT to fit it?
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Andy B on 24 August 2019, 22:07:37
This bracket with 2 U clamps is on all my V6 's.
Given that it only takes a couple of minutes to refit it on a new exhaust, is there any reason NOT to fit it?
It wasn't fitted to my V6 & I removed and replaced the original exhaust  ???
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 24 August 2019, 22:44:47
This bracket with 2 U clamps is on all my V6 's.
Given that it only takes a couple of minutes to refit it on a new exhaust, is there any reason NOT to fit it?
It wasn't fitted to my V6 & I removed and replaced the original exhaust  ???
Possibly a facelift thing ;)
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Andy B on 24 August 2019, 23:22:26
This bracket with 2 U clamps is on all my V6 's.
Given that it only takes a couple of minutes to refit it on a new exhaust, is there any reason NOT to fit it?
It wasn't fitted to my V6 & I removed and replaced the original exhaust  ???
Possibly a facelift thing ;)

Perhaps  ;) :y
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 24 August 2019, 23:35:26
I don't ever remember seeing one either.  :-\
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Kevin Wood on 24 August 2019, 23:56:36
I never got round to replacing it on mine after the last exhaust change about a year ago (was meaning to get some new U bolts) and the new exhaust was never quite as refined as a new one normally is, so I wonder if it does damp out a bit of vibration between the two pipes. :-\
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Jan Suhr on 25 August 2019, 08:11:30
On my first V6 the clamps had eaten through the pipes from salt and rust. It wasn't broken apart but enough to leak exhausts and noise.
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: ronnyd on 25 August 2019, 14:17:21
They look very clean threads. Have you re-died them down Jan? ???
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Jan Suhr on 27 August 2019, 08:09:09
They look very clean threads. Have you re-died them down Jan? ???

No they became like that when I unscrewed them. It is also a hassle to get them off and on since they are spayed apart for some reason and that trashes the threads.

I decided to skip them.

Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: johnnydog on 27 August 2019, 17:32:25
As with most U bolt fasteners, if they are over tightened then the clamp suffered as a  result. The support bracket is stainless but the U clamps are mild steel.
According to the EPC, they were fitted to 2.5, 2.6, 3.0 and 3.2 models.
I personally would refit them (new clamps should be readily obtainable anywhere) as the set up supports and correctly positions the centre pipes in relation to each other.
The support bracket is 24441393, and the clamps 24442484 with M8 nuts - both NLS.
Like as stated previously , all my F/L V6's still have them fitted.
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 27 August 2019, 23:05:08
Mine are missing then, too!  ???

Going to fit a new Cat v soon, so may decide to 'retrofit' this, if I can source a suitable one.

Exactly where do these go - I presume on the cat section?  :-\
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 27 August 2019, 23:30:01
Centre pipes ahead of the boxes iirc :y

That said, PFLs don't seem to have been fitted with it :-\
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 27 August 2019, 23:49:59
Ta  :y
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: BazaJT on 28 August 2019, 07:58:27
No such clamp on mine when I changed the cat back system last year,so it must have been missing since I bought the car 8yrs ago.
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: annihilator on 28 August 2019, 08:21:24
Face-lift 2.6 and 3.2 only, makes sense have never owned a face-lift.
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Enceladus on 29 August 2019, 17:50:27
The bracket was on a 2.5 V6. However might have been the cats? I remember it because the ends of the clamps were splayed as you mentioned. This made it hard to get off and even harder to get back on. I think I used new clamps from the local factor or maybe I ran a die over them. I don't think the clamp came up on EPC when I ordered a complete cat back exhaust and fittings, Tradeclub from a dealer. Else I would have had a new one.

They look very clean threads. Have you re-died them down Jan? ???

No they became like that when I unscrewed them. It is also a hassle to get them off and on since they are spayed apart for some reason and that trashes the threads.

I decided to skip them.
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: johnnydog on 30 August 2019, 09:20:03
According to the EPC, they were fitted to 2.5, 2.6, 3.0 and 3.2 models.
The support bracket is 24441393, and the clamps 24442484 with M8 nuts - both NLS.
Like as stated previously , all my F/L V6's still have them fitted.

If you put the above part numbers in the EPC, I'm sure they will show up in the listing.
It also comes up as the first picture in Google images - the exploded diagram shows the bracket and clamps.
Title: Re: Exhaust pipe bracket V6
Post by: Enceladus on 30 August 2019, 14:02:43
Indeed they are in the EPC, however in the section concerning the catalytic downpipes. So that implies the clamp assembly is intended to tie the two cats together.

The clamp is not shown in the section that details the centre pipes and boxes or the rear silencer. That perhaps explains why I didn't get one when I bought a genuine exhaust and fittings and I was annoyed at having to straighten and re-thread the clamp.

Several posts mention that the clamp assy, when fitted, belongs on the centre pipes. And I am saying that I've experienced one fitted on a 2.5 V6, I can't remember where exactly positioned.

The point being that parts are not just for facelift cars.