Re: Exhaust Bracket (PC Diesel)
I saw the front universal joint fail on a car doing a burn-out from a stoplight...
he was already accelerating into the middle of the interesection when it failed, and the front end of the driveshaft immediately caught on some road imperfection, and the back of the car shot up about 6 or 8 feet like it was trying a pole vault (it was stunningly sudden, and then seemed to hang in the air like Michael Jordan...)
and then came crashing down with a huge boom, that flattened both tires and the rear suspension.
car was a wreck ... but it was probably the most awesome car stunt I've seen.
I don't believe the tall tale about the bracket's purpose to be an assembly line hook-- just look at it -- it you were making a hook would it look like that, and be located there ???
From the design I would say it has the dual function of stiffening that area of the prop tunnel, and the main function of preventing the propshaft from falling onto the ground in the event of just what I described above.
Modified by petew at 4:24 PM 6-8-2009