So I'm trying to take off my exhaust so I try to unbolt the U-bolt style clamp, but with the car being so low, the ends of the bolts are scraped. Add to that all the rust and the socket isn't gripping, even with some WD40 and PB Blaster. Tried with a regular ratchet and then an impact. I had to cut the clamps so I did the 2 clamps closer to the cat.
Got the muffler out of the hangers and the rubber hanger was half dead already so I just ripped it off. Now the POS won't slide out. I decided to try and undo the bolts at the flanges, catback. The bolts are good, but not the nuts. Rusted out. Add to that the fact that some idiot installed them straight, I don't have much access to the top nuts, so no way I can grind those either. Impact and ratchet won't fit either because of the angle they're at + limited access.
Now what do I do? I can't just cut the exhaust, it's still very good. I'll have to replace all 4 U clamps anyway, so what if I were to cut the bigger pipe that's between the down tube and the cat? Someone mentioned some sort of puller/strap that you can attach and then you hit it with a hammer to pull it out but I can't believe taking an exhaust off is so freaking hard. I had the guibo and central support bearing changed no more than 6 months ago, along with other things, so how did the shop do it and only charge me 2 hours total for everything that I had done? I spend at least an hour on that today so there has to be a way of taking it out properly.
Thanks r3v
Got the muffler out of the hangers and the rubber hanger was half dead already so I just ripped it off. Now the POS won't slide out. I decided to try and undo the bolts at the flanges, catback. The bolts are good, but not the nuts. Rusted out. Add to that the fact that some idiot installed them straight, I don't have much access to the top nuts, so no way I can grind those either. Impact and ratchet won't fit either because of the angle they're at + limited access.
Now what do I do? I can't just cut the exhaust, it's still very good. I'll have to replace all 4 U clamps anyway, so what if I were to cut the bigger pipe that's between the down tube and the cat? Someone mentioned some sort of puller/strap that you can attach and then you hit it with a hammer to pull it out but I can't believe taking an exhaust off is so freaking hard. I had the guibo and central support bearing changed no more than 6 months ago, along with other things, so how did the shop do it and only charge me 2 hours total for everything that I had done? I spend at least an hour on that today so there has to be a way of taking it out properly.
Thanks r3v
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