[Healeys] BJ8 Exhaust confusion

[gradea1 at charter.net]

Solved the problem: the bonded rubber block un-bonds with slightest
knock on the pavement
Drill thru the mount and block and add a long rivet and washer; then
when it un-bonds it will stay together and still function as a
dampner.

	-----------------------------------------From: "John Spaur via
Healeys" 
To: "Stephen Hutchings"
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Sent: Friday April 2 2021 6:38:40PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 Exhaust confusion

	 I don’t know how the BJ8 mounts are but they look similar to the
BT7. If so, the bonded rubber block un-bonds with slightest knock on
the pavement. I made custom ones that use the same mounting chassis
mounting holes but it uses modern off the shelf rubber isolators. I
had to weld the front mounting bar to the muffler. Not a single
problem and it has been over 6,000 miles. On the BT7 the front mount
bolts to the floor pan and the rear mount bolts to the frame so one is
horizontal and the other is vertical. 

	 John 

	 BT7 

	 FROM:  Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] ON BEHALF OF
Stephen Hutchings via Healeys
SENT: Friday, April 2, 2021 4:12 PM
TO: Healey Mail List 
SUBJECT: [Healeys] BJ8 Exhaust confusion   

	I’m getting around to installing that new exhaust and I have the
stainless version of the fastening pieces.  

	I’ve figured out most of it, but the mounting point at the back of
the main mufflers has me confused.   

	The kit comes with two bonded rubber mounts, but the bolt pattern
under the car only seems to have the right orientation for one of the
mounts.   

	To be more clear, one set of bolts, or studs, come down one in front
of the other so that the mount slots into them, and then there is a
right angle bracket that then attaches to the double spaced clamp that
goes over the top of the pipes. But because the kit has two of these
mounts, and two right angle brackets, I expected there to be a mirror
image example next to it. But no, I’ve got another set of two studs
that are diagonally oriented.   

	Difficult to describe exactly what’s going on, but the diagrams I
can find of the system show one of these mounts above the double pipe
bracket, and I’d assumed there were two because my kit came with
two. Maybe my car doesn’t have the correct studs? The old system was
held on with a non-stock arrangement.   

	Thanks for any advice.   

	Stephen, BJ8   

	
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