bradleyheathhays

Can't believe it but the new shackles are running into the end of my exhaust so the stock XJ is having it's first clearance issue.

My best idea is to protect the tank with a welding blanket and heat red hot where I want the bend and then stick a 2ft pry bar in there and see if I can get it to move. I don't have a serious torch so the best heat I'd have available is just propane or this new MAPP gas, which are about the same thing. I'm not sure if plain propane would get hot enough. Can this be done with anything short of an acetylene torch?

And how close is too close routing it by the gas tank? If I don't bend it down some it'll end up being a bout 2" away.

diskman

Go find a local muffler shop. Pay them 10 bux to move the tailpipe.

Bugout4x4

Stick a block between them or up against the frame rail and then jack the pipe up a little in front of the block aways. When you let it lose again it will be bent.

I have had to do this many times.

bradleyheathhays

Ok thanks for the advice

anarce

Had the same issue when I helped a friend lift his Jeep with Autozone shackles in the back. We tried to heat the tailpipe with a propane torch and bend it and got nowhere. It didn't get nearly hot enough, and we were definitely worried about the gas tank right there. I told him to take it to a muffler shop when we were done.