PES300 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 My dog bone 's rubber bushing is damaged badly will this explains the vibration at the stops when tranny is in drive. Is there a rubber insert that I can use , instead of replacing the whole dog bone Will the damaged dogbone at 180,000 KM reasonable or it also relates to engine mount damage. There should be some poly urethane bushings that I can adapt? is there any? Also, re my last post I used some sea foam to identify my exhaust leak and I have pin pointed the leak at the middle of the longer flex pipe. But the condition of my pipe other than the leaking area looks solid . Is there a way to patch the flex pipe ( I quess only a small crack) because when I accelerate at higher speed slowly there is no annoying noise. It is also pretty quiet at idle. Thanks for any help By the way if I buty the aftermarket Y pipe can I still use the oem heat shield? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin97 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 just about any exhaust shop can slap u in a new flex pipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toysrme Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Can't buy new bushings, they're bonded in there. Either knock it out & use 3M's Window seal/glue poly, or buy a new dogbone, or get a custom one made like TTT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tckcumming Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 ... the condition of my pipe other than the leaking area looks solid . Is there a way to patch the flex pipe ( I quess only a small crack) because when I accelerate at higher speed slowly there is no annoying noise. It is also pretty quiet at idle.Thanks for any help By the way if I buty the aftermarket Y pipe can I still use the oem heat shield? ← I have been this route with a '92 and my '93 ES300. Don't know what yr yours is, but... 2 different muffler shops told me they would repair the broken flex joint for me if I asked them to - but with no warranty at all. Once I leave the shop, good-bye! Both places said they had done this repair on Camrys before - same basic part - with nothing but grief. Customers always came back because the repair didn't last. I just replaced the whole pipe both times. Sorry for the bad news! OEM heat shield should fit on aftermarket pipe. It will take some fiddling - fabricating mounts, welding, etc. But shouldn't be too difficult. tck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfish Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 ... the condition of my pipe other than the leaking area looks solid . Is there a way to patch the flex pipe ( I quess only a small crack) because when I accelerate at higher speed slowly there is no annoying noise. It is also pretty quiet at idle.Thanks for any help By the way if I buty the aftermarket Y pipe can I still use the oem heat shield? ← I have been this route with a '92 and my '93 ES300. Don't know what yr yours is, but... 2 different muffler shops told me they would repair the broken flex joint for me if I asked them to - but with no warranty at all. Once I leave the shop, good-bye! Both places said they had done this repair on Camrys before - same basic part - with nothing but grief. Customers always came back because the repair didn't last. I just replaced the whole pipe both times. Sorry for the bad news! OEM heat shield should fit on aftermarket pipe. It will take some fiddling - fabricating mounts, welding, etc. But shouldn't be too difficult. tck... ← Is it worn like this? see pix. I put a new one on. You can get a aftermarket piece on ebay for $20.00 ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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