Connecting tube replacement

Dale,

It there a part number? I'll try down here for you as well...

Dale,

All the failures I have seen have been at the flange and that is where you are seeing it. Have you considered buuying the $90 piece and cutting the flanged ends off to restore the one with the flex?

I'm just kidding because the degree of accuracy for alignment has to be within thousandths otherwise the part is stressed as soon as it gets clamped and will fail quickly.

A side note.......the exhaust pieces on my plane are not unlike what the 8V92 has in concept. They have flanges that must mate to the heads and join to other pieces ending up at the turbo inlet. The solution to relieve stress is a number of slip joints, and to prevent corrosion or erosion the system is made of inconel. Stainless steel exhaust systems have a very expensive ongoing inspection requirement, and they fail relatively quickly. On my plane my exhaust gas temperatures exceed 1600 degrees.

Thanks Guys,

I stopped at our local Detroit shop and low and behold, they have a 8v with matching tubes. I ask would he take $50 if I take it off myself and he said sure.

I will let you guys know how it turns out. I need to take it off and check the condition.