Leaks, rattles, broken hangers, split flex pipe and cracked flanges. We weld the section that failed instead of quoting the whole system.
4.9 50 reviews from Cleveland customers
Rated with the BBBArc Wheels Welding LLC, since 2023
Black ownedIndependent shop on Cleveland's southeast side
Exhaust is the clearest example of the difference between a repair shop and a parts counter. Systems almost never fail as a system. They fail at one joint, one hanger, one flange or one short section of pipe, and the rest of the run is fine. Quoting a full system for a failed flange is a parts sale wearing the costume of a repair.
The reason it happens so often is that welding thin wall tubing that has been in Ohio salt for eight years is genuinely harder than bolting on a new section. The metal is thin, it is contaminated, and it moves when it heats. A shop without a welder has one option, so that is the option it quotes.
Hangers and brackets go first. They are thin steel in the direct salt spray path, and when one lets go the whole system starts loading joints that were never meant to carry weight.
Flex pipe splits along the braid, usually after the engine mounts have worn and the motor has been moving more than it should.
Flange gaskets and the flanges themselves crack at the converter and the manifold, which is where the cold start ticking comes from.
Mid pipe and muffler seams rot through from the inside because condensation sits in the low point of the system every time the car is driven a short distance and shut off.
A muffler that is rotted through the body and sounds like it is full of gravel is replaced. There is nothing left to weld to. A muffler with a split seam or a broken inlet neck is welded, and it lasts.
Pipe is almost always welded. Where a section is genuinely gone, we fabricate a replacement section rather than buy a full system, which is faster and costs less on anything that is not a current model.
Hangers and brackets are always a repair. Rebuilding and reinforcing a hanger mount takes minutes and prevents the sag that cracks the next joint along.
A system that is rotted along its whole length rather than at one point. When four separate sections are all about to go, welding them one at a time costs more than replacing the run, and we will tell you that rather than take four jobs.
Almost always. Systems fail at joints, flanges and hangers, and those are welds. Replacing a full system because one flange gave out is a parts sale, not a repair.
Usually a leak at the exhaust manifold or the converter flange. When the metal is cold the crack is open and you hear each exhaust pulse escaping. It quiets down as everything expands and seals, which is why people ignore it until it does not.
It depends entirely on which section failed and how much sound pipe is left either side of it. A hanger is a small job, a mid pipe section is a bigger one. Send a photo to 216.309.1567 and you get a real number the same day the shop is open.
Most exhaust repair goes out the same day. You get a timeframe with the quote rather than after we have the vehicle.
Not necessarily. Loud from a split seam or a broken inlet is a weld. Loud because the body has rotted through and the baffles have collapsed is a replacement. We will tell you which one you have before doing anything.
Most quotes come back the same day the shop is open. Free, no obligation, and if it cannot be repaired you will hear that straight.
