Re: 5ktq Exhaust Bracket

[Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>]

> The bracket that holds the back of the cat on my 5ktq has given up the ghost. So I pulled
> the cat last night to get access to replacing the bracket.
> 
> Anyway the connector flange that joins the exhaust pipe to the back of the cat is rusted
> through. This will make it difficult to join the pipe back up with the cat. Since the flange is
> attached to the pipe before the pipe is flared how do I get a new one on there? Does the
> pipe have to be cut? I was thinking of maybe cutting a new flange in two, inserting it over the
> pipe and having it welded back on?

Serendipity.  I was at a local imported parts place yesterday picking up
an oil filter and I saw a two piece flange. Bolts around the pipe. 
Unfortunatley the guy there doesn't have a manuf. or part number - they
just buy them from an itinerant parts supplier.  They must be available
fairly readily though.

If you're in a real bind and can't find one, Atlantic Foreign Auto has
one on the shelf and could UPS it to you.  603-332-9552 in New
Hampshire.

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.thebook.com/human-speakers/audi-main.htm