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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
The stock system is mounted in rubber at every point except where it attaches to the engine. There is vibration and with the 617 there is that "hop" at idle which produces a lot of movement. I recommend trying to duplicate as much as possible the way it was done at the factory. The vibration of metal to metal is what causes fatigue and breaking.
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yup, the one hard mount was one of my big mistakes, even though it came before a flexible joint.
This is what brings me to my next question, is the flex pipe on a MB dealing more with compression vibration, or bending vibration?
The mounting in a vertical position right before a fairly restrictive rubber mount leads me to believe that the flex pipe is dealing with a specific angle of vibration more than anything, like an accordian moving in and out more than bending back and forth. What do you think?
Im thinking the flex pipe I included didn't handle the most common type of vibration I was going to see, since it was horizontal