Possible to fix this?

[gmdjr21]

Long story short I’m finding everything the previous owner of truck did was half a**ed. I’m been dealing with my exhaust rattling and leaks and finally crawled under since it’s been nice and found that the AWE 2FG exhaust he had on it was Frankensteined together with incorrect sized pipes and nothing fit into hangers. I bought a new exhaust that reuses the tailpipes and when I took the driver side out I noticed half of this pipe was welded. Now the question is can this weld be broken apart to salvage the pipe I need? I was just going to order a new one from Ford but it’s about $450 so figured id see if anyone had some thoughts on this. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Antho]

Looks like a solid bead. I would just order a replacement or see if a exhaust shop can make you one up. Just dont half ass it trying to correct a half ass.

 

[Speedy3]

Before I spent $450 for a new one of take it past a muffler shop to see if they can either break the weld or cut it a little farther up and put a coupling/extension piece, that would match the original length.

 

[gmdjr21]

Before I spent $450 for a new one of take it past a muffler shop to see if they can either break the weld or cut it a little farther up and put a coupling/extension piece, that would match the original length.

Didn’t think about that. I’ll give that a try first. Got a good little shop in town that would likely do it.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

Looks like a solid bead. I would just order a replacement or see if a exhaust shop can make you one up. Just dont half ass it trying to correct a half ass.

then it becomes a quarter assed

 

[gmdjr21]

Well sent a picture to the exhaust guy in town and he told me he could absolutely fix and cost me like $80. Appreciatie the response and good idea.

 

[gmdjr21]

then it becomes a quarter assed

Haha. I’m definitely not half assing anything that I’m fixing. Just costing me extra money every time I go another mod.

 

[350Industrial]

Yup, definitely can save a lot going that route- i did the same