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Old 12-26-2009, 03:39 PM
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I've got a BMR non-adjustable torque arm bar, and I'm gonna try to break my habit of letting parts sit in the garage for 6+ months before putting them on, but I've already hit what appears to be a snag.
First, are jack stands gonna give me enough clearance to take the old one off/put the new one on? And I've got custom duals that run right under the driveshaft/ torque arm, and one of my pipes is literally touching the stock bar, is the BMR not going to fit in the same spot without moving the pipe any?

Here's some pics of the pipe and the stock bar. I'm no photographer so don't give me any **** haha
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Old 12-26-2009, 08:28 PM
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Yes it can be done on jackstands without a problem. When i changed my torque arm i took off the exhaust just to give me the extra room to move it around. Mine exhaust took some "clearancing" to fit with my new adjustable umi torque arm.
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now when you say "clearancing" do you mean you had to reroute the pipe or did you beat a dent into the pipe? haha
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haha yeah i just used a hammer it only took a couple of hits it was just barely touching at ride height
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ouch. i paid all that money for those pipes, i dono if i have it in me to beat it with a hammer
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yeah i didnt want to but i thought it was better then paying all the money again just to move it a couple of inches
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just disconnect the exhaust from the headers, cut the hanger, have it rewelded, also jackstands are plenty of room, those torque arm bolts are pretty tight too towards the read end
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i think if i loosen the rear hangers a little itll give me a little jiggle room and i can slide the pipe a little. if that doesnt work, then i guess ill go thor on that pipe.



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