Well a friend of mine is welding my exhaust i have the piping. Its going to be 2.5 inch piping, my question is how do i flare the pipe out alittle bit to fit it around the resonator to weld it since u cant just butt the pieces together ?

 

Take that piece to an exhaust shop and have them flare it for you. The machine to do that is expensive so just take it to your local exhaust shop they shouldnt charge you but a few bucks.

 

hmm so there is no way to do that without the machine ?

 

You could try one of them cheap flare tools from ebay or autozone I dont know how well they would work though. Id just take it to an exhaust shop though.

 

yes those were what i was thinking..... would this work ?


http://www.jcwhitney.com/autop...60517

 

Ive never used one so I couldnt tell you.

 

why can't you butt them together?

 

I've used that to expand exhuast tubing so it slips over another pipe. Makes using a exhaust clamp easier.

 

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Like he said...

 

idk i was told my a welder that you cant. Im not saying that you cant however thats what i was told.

 

i've done it but i must say a little flare and slip would prolly be nicer.

 

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Yeah. Slip-ons are nice for headers, but for pipe-&gt;pipe connections, a butt weld is going to be easier. I don't see why you couldn't butt the resonator and the pipe together. A picture might make it easier for us to help you.

Anyhow, that tool will break the first time you use it. Its meant to straighten out the bends a U-bolt puts on a piece of flared pipe, not expand virgin pipe. I've broken 3 or 4 of the AutoZone rent-a-tool versions. My local Midas does expanding of pipes for free, just go on a slow day and ask nicely. I ususally tip the tech $10 for the trouble.

 

yea i didnt know midas did it for free...ill look into that