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squishing muffler piping?

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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 11:02 AM
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anyone had a problem on the pipe that runs over hte axle getting squished

on my last trip after i did an inspection on the rack when it was done and retorqued everything i noticed it. about a 1/4 of hte pipe is crushed from the axle

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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 11:10 AM
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Does yours look like this?

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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 11:11 AM
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haha yeah but a bigger dent
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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mine is like the pic too just a little bigger of a dent, I guess the sway bar in the rear just needed a little more room
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 11:38 AM
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Never even thought to look!! Now I have to go check mine.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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I think it comes like that from the factory.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 12:28 PM
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Factory feature...
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 12:38 PM
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im pretty sure it comes like that mines like that too
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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lol, I noticed that the other day and I thought my sway bar/axle had dented the shit out of my pipe, haha. Good to know it's normal.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 05:27 PM
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100 percent sure it came from the factory. I crawled under mine with less than 50 miles on it and noticed it. Since i put all but 2 of those miles i am confident that is the way it is.
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