Corroding exhaust hanger brackets

[gpbst3]

Anyone else having issues with the exhaust hanger bracket corroding and breaking? The driver side went last last year and I just ordered a new right side yesterday.

2019 with 48k miles. Southwest PA. Nothing else under the truck shows any excessive rust/corrosion.

 

[Dewey]

Mine are cast aluminum. Were these steel at some point?

Or are you actually talking about the actual mount on the truck?

 

[gpbst3]

Mine are cast aluminum. Were these steel at some point?

Or are you actually talking about the actual mount on the truck?

Im not sure what they are made of. Its the highlighted part in my pic. Both side have corroded inside the rubber bushing. I say corroded because there is no rust. I will get a picture later.

 

[kapinallinen2]

Im not sure what they are made of. Its the highlighted part in my pic. Both side have corroded inside the rubber bushing. I say corroded because there is no rust. I will get a picture later.

They are cast aluminum, mine have surface oxidation on them but nothing serious as of yet.

 

[PetePA]

Anyone else having issues with the exhaust hanger bracket corroding and breaking? The driver side went last last year and I just ordered a new right side yesterday.

2019 with 48k miles. Southwest PA. Nothing else under the truck shows any excessive rust/corrosion. View attachment 182672

I saw the title of this thread and my first question was...I wonder if he lives in PA?

Idk what crap we put on the roads here in winter, but it ate up my concrete slab after I parked my car on the slab after driving it during winter.

 

[Cbty2050]

Have replaced a few for customers. Some just rot away quicker than others.

 

[Dewey]

I’m guessing the aluminum reacts with the metal causing corrosion.

 

[gpbst3]

What’s left of the little nub was inside the rubber grommet

 

[jcotton]

I had that exact thing happen to mine as well. Driver's side at 75k miles, passenger side looks OK for now. I'm in west MI. Was a little surprised there wasn't much info on here about it, so maybe it's not all that common. We just got lucky...

 

[Craig Gadwah]

Anyone else having issues with the exhaust hanger bracket corroding and breaking? The driver side went last last year and I just ordered a new right side yesterday.

2019 with 48k miles. Southwest PA. Nothing else under the truck shows any excessive rust/corrosion. View attachment 182672

My driver's side rear hanger just broke today. 2019 Ram 1500 Rebel. 66,207 miles. Factory undercoated.

 

[Dijjymon]

Has anyone personally replaced the driver's side bracket? Mine just went and I'm not going to spend the money on parts if I can't get the bolts out. I got underneath and did notice that an electrical bracket is blocking the top bolt. I can definitely do the work I need need to know if anyone actually was able to do this. The old one literally turned to powder. TIA

 

[AF_truckfan]

Has anyone personally replaced the driver's side bracket? Mine just went and I'm not going to spend the money on parts if I can't get the bolts out. I got underneath and did notice that an electrical bracket is blocking the top bolt. I can definitely do the work I need need to know if anyone actually was able to do this. The old one literally turned to powder. TIA

Did you get this figured out? I’m currently trying to replace mine.

 

[gpbst3]

Has anyone personally replaced the driver's side bracket? Mine just went and I'm not going to spend the money on parts if I can't get the bolts out. I got underneath and did notice that an electrical bracket is blocking the top bolt. I can definitely do the work I need need to know if anyone actually was able to do this. The old one literally turned to powder. TIA

There is a wiring harness in the way of the drivers side which makes that side more difficult. If I recall you need to unbolt the bracket holding the wiring harness to give your self room to remove the exhaust hanger.

If I was able to do it, you can.

 

[AF_truckfan]

Did you get this figured out? I’m currently trying to replace mine.

Popping the wire clips out of the bracket helps get to the top bolt. The wiring bracket doesn’t need to be removed. Taking out the wheel well liner helped to see better.