Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! I've not resorted to building a "modern rubber/hanger and those "clamps for stainless exhaust" only work for a short while.
QUESTION - what can happen if I just resort to the original clamp Ford used and just clamp the stainless pipe down??? does it put the manifold casting in danger of cracking??? So tired of that dadburn rattle and I'm not about to do away with my stainless exhaust!! |
Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! Stainless steel grows in length when heated as in the exhaust system. You need to figure
that in. The clamp needs to let it expand. In some cars the exhaust will grow several inches. |
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Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! In general (10-6 in/in/ deg F)
Carbon Steel (1020) 6.7 Grey cast iron 6.7 Stainless (304) 10 Aluminum 13 Highest Copper 9.3 Manganese-bronze 11.2 Titanium 5.0 lowest Gold not listed in the book I checked In reality these numbers are just guidelines, the thermal expansion of can vary quite a bit depending on the alloy. Silicone for instance reduces the thermal expansion of aluminum significantly. The thermal expansion rate also changes somewhat depending on the temperature of the metal. (Googled) |
Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! MMMMM been runnin a S/S aries for years with a re-pop hanger. I did have to fiddle with it I bit but have run for years with no problems.
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Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! What does "In general (10-6 in/in/ deg F)" mean?
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Bratton's part number 7131. I'm sure other vendors have the same thing. |
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So, he's saying the CTE for stainless is 0.00001 in/in per degree F. What I'm seeing elsewhere is, based on the alloy of stainless, linear CTE is somewhere between 5 to 10 * 10^-6 /deg F. What does this tell us? Someone should just measure their tail-pipe hot and cold based on a known datum and tell us how much it lengthens. I'd guess very little. |
Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! Aries calls for care with a "not too tight" exhaust hanger even with the regular steel muffler, so apparently it's not just the stainless steel expansion they're concerned about.
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Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! I have a S/S Aries exhaust on my coupe and a standard Aries on my sedan. Both have the oversized tailpipe hanger for expansion. Both had the flimsy thermal cloth which lasted all of 100 miles. I bought some exhaust pipe wrap from the auto store. Not is as wide as the clamp but not very thick. I could it to fit the circumference of the clamp. Attached it with red RTV and let it dry. Then I attached the clamp with the pipe in place. Snug but still let's the pipe expand. Also rooming my rattle at the end of the tailpipe. Check Amazon for the exhaust pipe wrap. May be cheaper than the auto parts store. Send me a PM if you need pictures.
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Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! I used some welded cloth
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Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! Nathan, thanks for the explanation, but I'm still confused.
I took high school math in the '50s and don't understand the "modern" symbols and ways of expressing mathematical equations. |
Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! Katy what he is saying is that the pipe expands in length .000001 inches per inch/ degree F. this means that for a length of 10 ft (not a real measurement of a model A muffler) and a temperature increase of 100 degrees F (10 ft =120 inches) therefore, 120 inches X 100 degrees X .000001 =.12 inches expansion in length for the exhaust pipe and muffler. Not very much is it?
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Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! I understand co-efficient of thermal expansion, but what I'm trying to get my head around is what 10-6 in/in/ means.
10 minus 6 equals 4, that's pretty simple, but then what does in/in/ mean? |
Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! something times 10 to the minus six equals moving the decimal point 6 places to the left.
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That way, you can multiply your original length of material by a tiny coefficient specific to that material and arrive at what happens during a temperature change. As midgetracer says; The material expands in length .000001 inches per inch/ degree F. Where CTE = .000001, x = 120 in, deltaT = 100 deg: deltaX = .000001 * 120 in * 100 deg = .12 in. To double check our logic, the units are: (in/in /deg) * (in) * (deg) = (in*in/in)*(deg/deg) = in. Makes sense. But like I said several posts ago, someone should just measure the end of the tail pipe against a known datum at hot vs cold and see how little it actually moves. |
Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! A mild steel one moves about 5mm in my experience. Enough that it will permanently distort if the clamp was welded on and not the slip fit kind...
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Re: Stainless exhaust pipe rattle won't stop! Thanks all for the replys to this old fart, I think I'm starting to understand this scientific notation stuff a little bit. I tried a web search and still didn't find much stuff in plain words that I could understand.
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