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Surf exhaust tail pipe

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 2:37 pm
by fweddy
Just the other day I was carting fire wood behind the Surf ('94 1KZ) and slid down a bank and jack-knifed the trailer hard against it. Every time I passed that bit I could feel the tyres slip a bit but eventually it happened. Basically only damage done was to the Surf's tail pipe and trailer's jockey wheel thanks to a solid mounting of the towbar and fluke geometery of where everything fits when the trailer/vehicle combo folds in that way. Jockey wheel is fixed and my tail pipe's been unfolded but its split and going to need replacing.

Does any one have a spare tail pipe? Just need from the flange above the diff. I figure that's going to be cheaper than getting an exhaust outfit to repair or rebuild.

Any other ideas appreciated (including materials to make a culvert and retaining wall to level the ground, to prevent downhill drifting - its all good fun with no trailer but have had to haul the truck back up with the tractor or waterblast the vehicle after failed attempts at self recovery).

Re: Surf exhaust tail pipe

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:41 pm
by Smurf
I understand not wanting to spend money unnecessarily, I'm that way too. But wouldn't it be better to spend a hundred bucks and get a new tail pipe bent up that is up and out of the way so it doesn't happen again?