Exhaust Bracket Positions

Nick27 · Post by **Nick27** » 22 Aug 2006, 12:45

Help!!

I brought a Volvo S60 a few months back and found a couple of exhaust hanger brackets in the spare wheel well. When I look at the exhaust I see the middle hanger rod has rusted off (therefore previous owner/car sales man probably took the brackets off for a quick sell!). I'm loathed to buy a new exhaust yet as it appears ok. You can get a repair hanger from partsforvolvoonline.com for

Post by **billofdurham** » 24 Aug 2006, 12:49

found a couple of exhaust hanger brackets

Do these brackets have arms or are they just exhaust clamps?

When I look at the exhaust I see the middle hanger rod has rusted off

Is this the hanger rod on the pipe or the part welded to the car?

If it is the rod on the pipe then the other part should still be on the car and will probably look like a small coat hanger. The rubber bungies hook over the ends of the hanger and then on to the rod on the pipe.

You have looked these up on Parts for Volvos Online but all I can find there are the rear hangers for the 850/S&V70. Is the pipe on the S60 the same diameter?

Bill.

Nick27 · Post by **Nick27** » 24 Aug 2006, 13:11

The bits I found in the wheel well are the two arms that have a flat plate on them that bolt on to the underside of the car. There is a rubber bungy on each through which I assume the rod that is (should be) welded to the bottom of the exhaust pipe actually attaches. I am not sure why the previous owner took them off

My car is an S60 T5

The part I found was here...

http://www.partsforvolvosonline.com/pro ... ts_id=4372

it says this part is suitable for
* S60 Series 2001 onwards
* V70 Series 2000 onwards
* S80 Series 1999 onwards

Post by **billofdurham** » 24 Aug 2006, 16:39

When I tried earlier to look up the parts the site kept crashing so I did not actually find this.

If you are able to bolt the hanger back on to the underside of the car the only other question is about the part from Parts for Volvos. This is designed to fit on the rear of the exhaust system and may not be long enough to reach the bungies at the centre position.

It is worth a try as, once the parts are fitted to the underside of the car and the pipe, it is quite easy to fit the bungies.

I did this repair on the rear of my 850 and it took about 5 minutes.

Bill.

Nick27 · Post by **Nick27** » 25 Aug 2006, 02:12

Thanks for your help Bill. However, I can't quite figure out how the hangers bolt on (which way round etc.), which is why I was after a picture of the underside of an S60 (or V70 / S80??). I guess I may have to find one for sale in a garage somewhere.

The part on the website has two arms on it which makes me think this is the right one. The hanger on the rear only has one arm by the tailpipe. If you're interested, the hanger on partsforvolvosonline.com is found under the menu on the left hand side of the screen - exhuast system / other exhuast parts, then the one at the bottom of the screen.

Post by **billofdurham** » 25 Aug 2006, 13:39

Sorry I can't help further on this. My neighbour has his S60 in Brussels and won't be back until November, otherwise I could have checked his.

Have you tried popping into one of the exhaust fitting places, Kwikfit etc. and seeing if they can tell you how to bolt it on? No harm in trying.

Bill.

Nick27 · Post by **Nick27** » 28 Aug 2006, 10:47

Thanks, as I had this weekend off, I went down my local volvo dealership, had a look underneath an S60 and took some photos - I now know how they fit. Problem solved!