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How to Instal A Car Muffler

Depending on your vehicle, installation times may vary. You will need to jack the rear end of the vehicle about 2 feet off the ground onto good sturdy jack-stands. (Never work under any vehicle supported only by its jack.) Make sure you are on firm ground or a cancret slab so the jack-stands will not shift. Chock the front tires so they can't roll when the rear end is up in the air. Jack up the rear of the vehicle on one side and place a stand under a solid part of the chassis but out of the way of your work. Lower the vehicle onto the stand, making adjustments as the stand takes the whole weight of the vehicle. Repeat for the other side. For safety, put the spare tire under the tire of the side you're working under, just in case of a jack-stand failure.

There's probably going to be a U-bolt or some kind of piece holding the intake side of the muffler to the pipe. I would recommend first going to Auto Zone or another parts dealer and telling exactly what kind of car you have.

Generally the people that work there will actually go and look under your car and see for themsleves. There are different size openings on mufflers so you MAY want to measure both holes on the muffler just to hsve that extra info. You prob ont need it. Mufflers usually arent going to be more than $20 or so.

Once you get it home just take that U-bolt off, slide the old one out, slide the new one on, clamp the u-bolt back and thats it. There may be another bracket that keeps the very back of the muffler off the ground so that will need to be put back also. You may need a new tailpiece for your muffler if its rusty. This is one of those simple repairs that is really fundamental. I have seen some crazy ones that have housings oover them and the exhaust, but thats a diff story.

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