removing stock muffler....?

[footballpenguin]

ok...I'm sure I am making this harder than should be. I'm replacing my exhaust from the muffler back. new exhaust has no muffler... glass packs in the tips instead. the stock muffler is held in place by a clamp on top. how do i remove the muffler from this clamp? it is incredibly rusted so difficult to see, especialy at this angle.

 

[BlackBII]

Sawzall!

 

[footballpenguin]

i considered my sawzaw but its too big to get under there. more i look at it...more thinking not a stock muffler. i just got this truck a couple months ago. about to just hacksaw off if cant figure out. hope i dont need it in future. its not really a clamp. more a rocker type attachment.

 

[ranger]

i would just cut the clamp off and try and get the muffler out of the pipe and if that is not possible then just cut the pipe off in front far enough to put another muffler on

 

[footballpenguin]

cut it off...hacksaw. originally thought stock muffler so assumed someone here could tell me how to remove. more i looked at it, realized not stock muffler and whoever installed put this damn clamp thing on that rusted to bejesus. Heartthrob cat-back exhaust installed, y-pipe after cat with dual out. glasspacks in the tips. sounds great. will never sound like a V8...but atleast sounds like a truck now. highly recommend.

 

[ranger]

sounds like a you made out post a vid if you can

 

[91rangerxlt]

nothing like the sound of a strait piped ranger!!!