Rusted ass bolts...

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  • BS87
    E30 Mastermind
    • Oct 2003
    • 1606

    #1

    Rusted ass bolts...

    I have an Exhaust i'm trying to put on my old eta. Problem is, the center where the sections bolt together, the bolts were rusted to shit, so the guy i bought it from just cut them in half. I've tried everything i can think of, a full can of PB blaster, torching them, stuck bolt removers WITH an impact wrench, nothing, these fuckers won't come out. I can't just buy new flanges, because they won't fit over the flared ends of the pipe.

    SO how the fuck am i supposed to get it together? Buy some cheapo autozone clamp kit, or take it to an exhaust shop, get the flared ends cut off, put new flanges on, then the ends welded back on?
  • Digitalwave
    is a poseur
    • Oct 2003
    • 6278

    #2
    So the bolts are rusted to the insides of the flanges? Drill them out.

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    • BS87
      E30 Mastermind
      • Oct 2003
      • 1606

      #3
      The holes in the flanges are not threaded? I was told they were, which is why i avoided drilling them.

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      • Jordan
        R3V OG
        • Oct 2003
        • 12907

        #4
        No threads.
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        • BS87
          E30 Mastermind
          • Oct 2003
          • 1606

          #5
          Awsome, thanks guys.

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