deltamike197
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Lately I've been having a strange issue with the right side pipe. I have Vetterman straight pipes on an RV-6A with 180 Lycoming FP. When I preflight I notice the top of the pipe is touching up against the bottom skin. Since these pipes have the ball joint forward of the tail pipe I just gently pull it downward to center it in the open space of the bottom cowl and go fly. But when I return the pipe is sitting against the bottom skin again. It obviously has been touching during engine operation because there is a little bit of the skin worn away in the shape of the radius of the pipe. Anyone experience this? How did you fix it? I have flown the airplane for 4 years now but this hadn't happened until recently and nothing has changed so I'm scratching my head. Thanks
Dean
Dean