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TR4/4A How to fit exhaust intermediate pipe?

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shoopal

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TR4A Solid axle. Up on jackstands. I can't seem to fit the intermediate pipe. Does it run alongside the driveshaft? If so then I can't get the "Y" past the differential. If not then it doesn't line up with the header pipe. Maybe if I put weight on the rear wheels, the diff will go up enough to slide the "Y" in? Does the driveshaft have to be installed afterwards? So many questions, not any answers.
Help!
 
Very tidy underneath!
You have the IRS which makes life easier for this operation. However I managed to get it on. Jack the rear up with the rear wheels on the ground, lift the diff with the floor jack a bit, come in from the passenger side, a little bending of frame gusset, a little grinding on a proud pipe weld, a lot of swearing and assistance from the big persuader (5 lb sledge) and voila.
Thanks for any sympathy and close this thread.
 
shoopal said:
Very tidy underneath!
You have the IRS which makes life easier for this operation.
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Thanks...but that's the solid axle you're looking at. No IRS here, and my recollection is that the Y pipe just slid in from the rear.
 
Oops You are right. I was fooled by what I thought were universal joints. The "Y" pipe did install from the rear but "slid in" didn't quite describe the effort
 
^ Ha, ha...It wouldn't be the first time that the passage of years skewed my memory.
 
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