The front bracket is pretty rusty - I wonder how much longer it can last
Following up on a rhetorical question I posed nearly 10 years ago.
... I guess the answer is around 10 years !
My exhaust system has been ok since I did this project in 2009 (it's now 2019) with two exceptions. The first is that the muffler hanger broke off and I had to rig up something to hold that. After fixing that I heard squeaking from the assembly and found that this front-most bracket has finally
broken.
I shouldn't have been lazy all those years ago I guess and strengthened that front bracket. Now I need to decide whether to get a new downpipe or find some way to rig up a fix for that front bracket.