Exaust gasket

[Guest turtle]

I have a 2004 lemans and the front crossover has become loose . Upon inspection I found that the carbon sleeve inside has taken a set and the pipe can not be tightened enough to compensate. Does anyone know of a source for this strange gasket or some replacement?

Is this a common problem?

 

Thanks so much, Aaron

[al_roethlisberger]

The "flappin front crossover" seems to be a common(although not ubiquitous) problem, but I haven't heard of a fix from anyone yet

 

 

Although I don't have a late model LeMans with the front cross-over in front of the alternator, I'd like to find out as well if others have found a lasting solution for this.

 

Keep an eye on it though, as at least one person reported the front cross-over, when loose, swung back and forth... banged against the alternator cover and damaged it

 

al

[pete roper]

Shim-stock! Wonderful stuff. Very thin sheet steel, often sold as 'Shim in a Can', (I kid you not!).

 

Cut to required size, coat in gorilla snot, wrap around offending pipe, slip *bigger* pipe over, clamp up tight, wipe/scrape off excess gorilla snot, ride off into sunset!!!!

 

I've done this before! You guessed

 

Pete

[badmotogoozer]

I don't have a gorilla. Will dog snot work? Plenty of that...

 

Rj