muffler brackets and bushing installation

[Soma576@xxxx]

Hey everyone,

part of my winter project was removing my muffler and painting the muffler 
brackets, replacing the heat shield, and replacing the rubber bushings and 
all the hardware there is under there. unfortuntely i seem to be having a 
hard time figuring out how to reinstall everything. what has me confused is 
the orientation of the bushing (whether it goes on which way - the rubber 
narrow side or the mounting side towards the inner welded end of the muffler 
pins) and then how the muffler bracket is screwed to the bushing relative to 
the bushing's orientation. i think the picture in the shop manual is wrong. 


here's the deal - there's three bushings and three brackets. i have to know 
if the narrow end faces away from the muffler on each pin, or if it is facing 
inward. i think all three are orientated the same. THEN i have to know if 
the brackets are between the bushing and muffler or it goes 
muffler-bushing-bracket. does that make sense? certainly if someone has 
their car nearby and see what i am talking about, this should be easy to 
figure out if we can communicate with the same language. if someone had pics 
of the bushings that would be even more helpful!

thank you very much for the help, whoever it is that can assist me!

Andy

Soma576@xxxx
1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
Fargo, ND 58102


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