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Re: What is woven metal mesh on exhaustpipe for ?

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Subject: Re: What is woven metal mesh on exhaustpipe for ?
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by: leigh shelton - Mon, 16 May 2022 21:19 UTC

On Wednesday, February 22, 1995 at 2:26:44 AM UTC, OCodsack wrote:
> Ah, with all these answers and nobody really answered all of your
> question. Yes, the coupling allows the engine to rock fore and aft and
> without dragging the exhaust along. But it doesn't leak because the
> braided part covers a (usually) stainless bellows that does the actual
> flexing. The overbraid protects this bellows from rocks & debris (it is
> fairly thin) and limits the amout of travel so that it doesn't break.
>
> Ken
does it dissipate heat from the flexi-pipe. it cant be cheap putting this mesh over to protect stainless steel flexi-pipe and companies making millions of these mesh sleaves cant be doing it for nothing. the mesh is often not really that strong and comes loose at each end.

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Re: What is woven metal mesh on exhaustpipe for ?	leigh shelton