Header hitting floorboard
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Header hitting floorboard So I've got a guy coming to buy my car on Saturday and I need to find a quick fix for this ASAP.
The driverside header is hitting the floorboard almost everytime i step on the gas in first gear (just first gear really). I'm not sure what's causing this, but it definitely started happening after I went over a speedbump and hit the exhaust a few months ago. Anyway, suggestions for a quick fix? Maybe a wedge between the header and the floorboard of some kind?
The driverside header is hitting the floorboard almost everytime i step on the gas in first gear (just first gear really). I'm not sure what's causing this, but it definitely started happening after I went over a speedbump and hit the exhaust a few months ago. Anyway, suggestions for a quick fix? Maybe a wedge between the header and the floorboard of some kind?
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It could be a problem with the driver side engine mount, or it could be the exhaust. I'm not sure...
mine was hitting the trans cross member, it went away when i jacked it up because of the weight on the suspension was off of it. yea be straight up and tell him, best fix is to get a few custom pipes made into the y thats what I ended up doing.
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It's actually the very beginning of the y-pipe that's hitting the floorboard.
Maybe I could bang out the floorboard a bit? or bad idea?
stick a piece of rubber in between the body and the y pipe would work for a while but it would fall out eventually, I would say motor mounts are worn out but you said you hit something that bent the exhaust. also maybe try a crowbar and try to bend it back correct again. ????
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stick a piece of rubber in between the body and the y pipe would work for a while but it would fall out eventually, I would say motor mounts are worn out but you said you hit something that bent the exhaust. also maybe try a crowbar and try to bend it back correct again. ????
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Get some bailing wire and thread it through a small heater hose. Wedge the hose between the pipe and floorboard and then Wrap the wire around the pipe. The rubber hose will keep it from hitting the floorboard and the bailing wire will keep the hose from falling out.
That is what i was gonna suggest. The rubber wont be affected by the heat though?
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no poly mounts..
Good idea. I'll grab the parts on the way home. But won't the rubber melt/smoke from the heat?
Good idea. I'll grab the parts on the way home. But won't the rubber melt/smoke from the heat?
Last edited by nik1703; Feb 17, 2012 at 05:10 PM.
wouldnt wedging something between the exhaust and wherever it hits will make the car shake? unless its touching SLIGHTLY...try massaging where ever it is hitting..may be go thru that speed bump again 
j/k
j/k 
