That thing is on my stock exhaust and its just... on there, not connected to anything. Is it like a weight balancer or something?

& yeah my F150s underbody isn't the nicest.

 

to my knowledge its just a counter weight. Needed b.c the factory muffler has ofset (from center) inlet and outlets.

Mine has it too btw And happy 950 posts too
-Patrick

 

ahh ok then I was wondering, & thanks

 

Its a noise and vibration dampner for the exhaust system. Looking at that pic makes me glad I don't live up north...the rust!!

 

yeah... But i'm glad I didn't have the truck since new, because then it would be my fault. No doubt 10yrs from now it will probably need a new frame, Hopefully somebody will transfer the body onto a nice new frame. Oh, Have you seen my spare?

 

 

yep, pretty huh? lol, idk if that spare tire has even been lowered cause thats the brand new tire and it looks as if theres a bar code sticker on it, but you see my trucks body, nice, look at the underbody, eek! lol

 

the tire is upside down the valvestem should be up

 

one of the reasons im gonna prep ,primer and paint my underside i cant stand rust and i love to prep and paint its the perfect job for me

 

hmm well idk anything about it, I will never useit thats for sure, would rather call roadside assistance or have my dad come with his '06 F250 and tow it up on the flat bed.


Yeah man, prevent it while your ahead, your truck will be happy and so will the future owner if you trade it or sell it.

 

Nope the stem goes down for accessability

 

from the factory, the stem is facing up, to protect it, and protect the "pretty face" side of the spare from rocks, and sand and what not. Most people do flip it over, i even had discount tire flip it even tho i never asked them to. Its a convienence thing. For a while i had my jack stored inside the bowl of the rim when i had it face down. I think my spare is face/stem down at the moment.
-Patrick

 

That rust is from all that dang salt they use in PA... I wonder when they are gonna get a clue and use sand instead like they do up here... sure, you get a cracked windsheild every once in awile, but I'd take that over a rusted out truck any day.

 

wouldnt it make for sence to have the value stem down so its easy to air up under the truck???????

 

Because they are too cheap up here and use cynders and salt.... which are paintv scrapers and frame rusters. I would love to start a petition for it though "USE SAND, NOT SALT!"

It snowed last night so the way I see it, winter is here.