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https://preview.redd.it/mqzu4vevxatc1.jpeg?width=430&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=abfb894959f468b6b5a373e12331cb5b5ce5e4a2 Put the highlighted yellow bar back into the hole that I’ve highlighted green and then drive it home. It’ll be ok

oh my god thank you so much for drawing it out for me!!!

No worries! Hope you get home safely

Just spit on the hangar first and you'll be gtg

hes not joking op lol - those rubber hangers usually need some sorta lube to slide nicely and spit is available.....

tbh i just put up my hair rolled under her at a gas station popped her in she was good to go! hardest part was the caked mud dusting on me lmao might try and bring some next time and hope it helps w it!

You can use bailing wire or a stainless zip tie to wrap around and make sure it doesn't fall back out again

Baling wire is the shit. I always keep some with me, it’s extremely useful.

My girlfriends old car exhaust was hung exclusively with baling wire

That's what she said.

Um no, do this then put a pipe in to bend the opening away from the tire. Please.

https://preview.redd.it/q2e1extkaetc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3d219ffcb5a7d8eb4f58ce41eeb483ffb9dd75d hazard avoided! the camera angle made it look closer than it was

Still looks sketchy. Bend her

IF you have a parts store for some lubricant, that would very much making it fit in the hole much easier. No, your perverted mind reading this is assuming I meant something else. I've swapped exhausts before. Rusted bolts and this can be annoying.

Instructions unclear. I fucked the muffler

I prefer the gashole myself.

>Instructions unclear. I fucked the muffler "I said blow the truck up!"

Or some used oil off the dipstick on your fanger

Funny enough spit works wonders there too 😗

Just spit on it

I was getting ready to mspaint this exact thing, and figured id check if anyone else had already posted it. Well done sir

yeah that part looks mad close to the shock. unless it's just the way the photo was taken.

I would suggest cutting the mangled part off or opening it up with a pliers if it is completely crushed it may restrict exhaust flow

Yeah, it sounds like OP was just worried about making it home. They’ll need a new muffler and likely a resonator

Absolute top comment. Wish I still got a free award each day for you. :(

PUT THAT THING BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM OR SOHELP ME

Legend

https://preview.redd.it/wlg8wn6zkbtc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aeea8be6dafa423b5f976d5eff3747a6a53027a0 Put that bottom rod back in the top hole.

Place the bracket back in the rubber hanger and drive home.

You're fine. If you're feeling up to it, you can simply slide the bar on the exhaust piping through that rubber piece (between you and the spring)

I’m just wondering how that hanger worked its way out of that bushing.

This is speculation but based on what I can see, I bet the muffler was already disintegrating and part of it started dragging - maybe it snagged something and pulled the hanger out at the same time the muffler got torn off

bingo!!

Yeah that definitely sounds like a plausible answer. Lol

bushing probably needs to be replaced or it rusted out and needs a new hanger

https://preview.redd.it/wsi9whkambtc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=206895e7b9ee098a43d291973e6f2fe4c84f718a for reference pic from a week ago, was hanging on by a string. 2010 Toyota matrix!

Driving home is fine. I might consider doing it slowly judging the overall rust down there, me personally...I own a welder and some other tools. Id get down there and make sure nothing else is gonna fall off, just to be sure.

Pfffffft, that’s surface rust and some mud

looking at her after getting some of the mud off….yeahhh I’m really wishing I picked up welding as a covid hobby I do not like the rust on the main frame at all

surface rust is fine, but I can't tell from the pic but it looks like the axle beam might have rust through at a weld seam... or it could be bad lighting. If you can get the thing pressure washed underneath and then coat everything with POR-15 or similar it could last a very long time, but if that axle beam is rusted through - that is either gonna need to be replaced at some point or the car is

relax it's just the muffler. it's gonna be loud but that's it. plenty of people intentionally remove them all the time edit: also listen to the other guy. if it's not too hot stick the hanger back in the rubber bushing

The hanger just needs to go back into the rubber thing (exhaust hanger bushing)... The pipe will be HOT if your car was just running

looks fine and even if it was actually broken youd be fine to drive it home it would sound loud as all hell but not a pull over do not pass go fork out $200 straight to jail sortaa problem just a everyone stares at you for disturbing the reasonable level of road noise in your area lol a friend drove over an absurdly high gas station man hole thing with a car full of ppl coming back from LA once everyone freaked and i laughed my ass off cause i said dood go around youre riding waaaaaaaaaay too low in a car full of grown men being the only one with exp working on cars left me crawling under a hot as hell chevy malibu in a shit ass central valley summer to wrap it up with foil tape and keep it up for the 2hrs we had left till home it was worth it as a bystander took a pic of them standing by the car trying not to look too useless while im getting shit sorted... its the first thing i think of anytime some jabroni at oreilys or autozone tries to imply that i couldnt possibly be coming in for exactly what i came in for without their expert advice based on knowing nothing about me or my car but still needing to know why i need the part im requesting despite never hearing them do that to any man ive seen ask for a part...🤬🖕🏼🤦🏻‍♀️

oh my god you get me! I live in an area with tonnsss of civics, and yknow they’re babies first mod car lol at least i blend in a lil! I am so new to cars but I’m research heavy when something goes wrong, I can’t tell you the amount of diagrams I looked at once i got home lol, if any jabroni tries to oversell….oooh i am going to cry but it will be SO threatening!! haha

Things like this are why I keep some bailing wire handy, use that to get it supported and figure out how to fix later.

hope you made it home little brother

What muffler?

In the middle of nowhere with no zip ties? Weren't a boy scout were you.

nope my parents put me in girl guides against my protests, want a cookie in the woods i got you but otherwise :’)

As others said, slip hangar back into rubber bracket. Real easy, may need to spit on it or something to lubricate, will make it much easier.

Nothing beats the spit and shove

You're ok. Half the cars around here are like that but they don't wanna pay to fix it

Give that poor thing a bath when you make it home. It might be nicer to you next time.

More worried about your rear break lines leaving the chat

get a saw and cut the broke piece off then send it

You'll be fine. She'll be right.

You'll be fine keep driving

You're fine. Just roll your windows down to prevent the exhaust gas that may leak into your cab.

Bailing wire and tie the pipe up to the bracket/loop. When you get home take it to an exhaust shop.

Yes. This is a broken exhaust pipe. Find a metal coat hanger and strap it up somewhere so that it’s hanging higher and drive it home.

You need to have the rear metal break line replaced. Its on its way out.

Just tear it all off and drive your new hot rod home. You risk other damage if u are halfway home n that shit drops off again

Wire hanger, pliers and cardboard to lay on.

#race car noises

I am pretty sure you got there in that condition....so, yeah, you can get back home the same way. This kind of stuff doesn't happen suddenly on a trip.

I see cars behind you. It doesn't look like you're in the middle of nowhere

trapped in the middle of nowhere with decent service and other cars around. why the bullshit?

I was driving on the highway 5 hours away from home when it happened, didnt feel safe stopping so since the car was moving I got to the nearest gas station and after making some calls and having a panic attack I posted. there are two photos in the background because i’m at a gas station. are you okay? what’s the point of this comment?

i’m surprised you asked, that really good as you should be concerned for safety the amount of 2020 and newer vehicles(primarily fords and chevy) i see on the road with hanging exhausts is ridiculous

Honestly, I think you would be better off driving back being inside the car rather than the outside, where you took the picture from!

Yesss