| Re: Air Conditioner vibration 1993 with headers |
Subject: Re: Air Conditioner vibration 1993 with headers by CorvetteBob on 2021/9/11 15:40:04 I’m in the midst of a project, and there’s been a couple times I’ve addressed this exact issue. If you haven’t got the little spacers on your headers for longer bolts, I suggest you try to come up with some. Often, guys cut the old ones off the OEM manifold. For a bolt, you can usually get away with using a factory double ended bolt that came off your original system also. You may at this point be able use the oem rod. I went to a home improvement store and got some steel tube. The wall was thin, so as I recall I got ~1/2” and the next size down to use for additional strength. Then I cut them to length, Insert the tubes together and use a vise to smash one end of the combined tubes. This may or may not be easy, depending on your vise. Tip: don’t use aluminum tube as it’ll split when you crimp it. At this point it’s just drilling the flattened part for the bolt on the exhaust, bend it, then complete the compressor end. One thing, if you used the oem support rod, and a spacer long enough to accommodate the angle to clear your headers, just make sure you have a bolt that give proper thread-in length so as not to strip out the hole. Another way is to use threaded rod cut to length, a nut to fasten the header, and a second nut for the rod. I hope this helps. |
