Bought a new muffler and the steel hangars on the muffler are straight and will just slide right out of the rubber hangars.  1999 Legacy wagon EJ22.

They are also very short - too short to simply try and bend them one way or the other.  Both rubber hangars point "inward" a little bit due to them being a little short to reach.

 

Seems there has to be some simple way to do this?

We can at least wrap the ends for now with duck tape or something but that's a short term solution.

 

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Tack a little ball or nub with a welder, on the end so it dosnt slide off. itll last longer than duck tape haha. 

 

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I've seen people weld on little tabs, or even a small washer to keep it from pulling through. Not sure why they wouldn't just come with something to keep them from sliding out.

Maybe apply a wad of JB Weld to the end of the metal rod. The down side, is that will be difficult to remove the rod thru the hole in the rubber, should you ever want to remove the muffler system.

Tap some threads on it about 1/4" and put a hex nut on the end.

Tap some threads on it about 1/4" and put a hex nut on the end.

 

i'll bring the tap and die set, i figured it might be hard to find the right thread, sounds like you've maybe done it before?

i'll bring the welder too just in case.

Yeah. I was gonna say weld a nut on the end, but threaded would be even better, you can remove it if you want at least.

you can remove it if you want at least.

 

well, if i didn't live in the rust belt i could remove it. LOL

i'll bring the tap and die set, i figured it might be hard to find the right thread, sounds like you've maybe done it before?

i'll bring the welder too just in case.

This is starting to sound like fun...........I will bring the beer...............Rooster2

The closest one that will cut threads should work. Use a thin sided nut and you can slip the hanger over it.

Though if you have a welder it only takes a couple seconds to put a weld around the end.

Plus welding is fun... Until you light the crotch of your pants on fire...

And if you just tack it on each side, it'll be easier to grind the welds off when and if you need to remove it.

Another idea is drill a hole through the rod and put a washer and cotter pin in it