I'm at a total loss

copmagnet

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So I'm driving down the street on a nice midnight cruise, I downshift get that nice bubbly exhaust sound and then BOOM!


I was like what in the world! I got my car home and got it up on stands and found this:







I'm thinking my muffler bearing went bad, but I'm not sure how, Its a pre-greased bearing from napa, and it's only got 200 miles on it! I called napa and explained the situation and they told me I should be running a water cooled muffler or the heat could liquefy the grease and cause it to drip out of the bearing. They also claimed it could have failed because I didn't use a muffler bearing alignment tool when I installed them.




Should I try a different grease or use the dealer supplied OEM lithium/beryllium bearing grease? should I get new muffler bearing or get a muffler bearing master rebuild kit? Will a ceramic muffler bearing last longer then a normal mb?


Is there a way to pack new grease in with a normal screw driver? the instructions call for a left handed screwdriver but I only have right handed screwdrivers.


What do you guys think I should do?
 

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Damn, that a lot of back pressure.
Are you sure someone was using you exhaust as a potato gun?
 

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First off, you should be running a liquid nitrogen cooled muffler. Obviously.

Second, you should be using a good eBay muffler bearing with a francium bearing grease.
 

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^Don't forget the plutonium Richard. Can't have a good muffler without that

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Lmao i didnt know those mufflers fit a new edge mach 1.
 

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I am sure that story really starts off like this.

[video=youtube;6y-pdLyZPJ8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y-pdLyZPJ8[/video]
 

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