Last Lemming

So I got my lindsey 3" exhaust on. Finally!! Only problem is the s pipe is only about 1/4" from the rear sway and every now and then from a take off I get a clank when it hits it.

I could take the s pipe off and take it to a muffler shop and have them squeeze it down but that would require more work than the lazy man wants to do. Though it is the right thing to do. So with the pipe on the car what kind of redneck engineering could I do to squeeze the top of the pipe at the sway bar to gain 1/4". Without destroying anything of corse.

The lazy man awaits your reply.

Van

Turn up the radio so you can't hear the clunk?

Remove the sway bar?

Seriously, could you pinch it down a little bit with a C-clamp?

V2Rocket

go get some header wrap and/or fiberglass and wrap the section of pipe that comes close to the bar, itll be a heatproof pad?

Last Lemming

I thought about this, but I cant get the clamp on top of the spot I need to clamp without removing the pipe. At that point I'm at the muffler shop.

Last Lemming

I give this an 8/10! it will work until a day comes and I need to take off the pipe, but some how I don't like the pipe hitting at all. But not a bad solution.

william_b_noble

heat the pipe to orange hot with a torch and bend it down with a pry bar.

running_cold924

ballpeen hammer and trouble is solved....after cat back exhaust removal

f1rocks

Zip tie a piece of hose around the sway bar....

speedy88

Wedge a high temperature rated rubber between the pipe and sway bar and you're set!

Kurt R

Ok, my lazy idea: Got an old torsion bar or something similar?
Raise the rear of the car and put it on jack stands.
Wedge the bar between the swaybar and exhaust.
Put a 2x4 on your jack, and jack against the exhaust until it ovals or dimples a bit.

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Last Lemming

Lazy man likes this. Lazy man gives 9/10. One question. When I push up on pipe which pushes on torsion bar which pushes on sway bar. What is sway bar pushing up against and will it damage it?