exhaust bolts
09-11-2006, 02:41 AM
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exhaust bolts
help/advice - i can not get the exhaust manifold bolts off on the passenger side- sprayed with wd40 for 2 days. i can get a socket on but i can not get them to brake loose & i do not want to brake the bolts off. this is on a stock 97 gt mustang with automatic transmission. i need your professional advice. thanks.
09-11-2006, 03:12 AM
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RE: exhaust bolts
Those are tough, took me a while to rig up enough extensions and swivels to get on them. Mine came off fairly easy, i took the PB and sprayed it on about 4 times in an hour while i was waiting for it to cool.
09-15-2006, 06:26 AM
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RE: exhaust bolts
use the extension, and use your foot on the wrench - plant urself under ur car, hold on for life and push as hard as u bloody well can.. thats how i got my driveshaft and exhaust bolts off... ur legs have like 5-8x as much power as ur arm every will :P.. do it in jerking motions - you might get lucky and break it loose without twisting the whole bolt / snapping it
if the bolts break off - you wouldnt have gotten them off to begin with - cus they'd be perma rusted together, and no penetrating spray is getting thru half an inch of rust fused metal !
if the bolts break off - you wouldnt have gotten them off to begin with - cus they'd be perma rusted together, and no penetrating spray is getting thru half an inch of rust fused metal !
09-15-2006, 11:31 AM
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RE: exhaust bolts
Spray them, spray them, spray them or bring the job to a muffler shop. They charged me $75.00 to intall my off road H pipe.
It would be on their shoulders if they had busted the bolts so it was a good investment.
It would be on their shoulders if they had busted the bolts so it was a good investment.
09-15-2006, 11:58 AM
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RE: exhaust bolts
leverage man, thats all i can say is leverage. The longer extentions you have the easier it will be. Also i'd recomment using a breaker bar since they're about 6-8 inches longer than your average 1/2 ratchet drive. lots of penetrating oil+lots of leverage=gettin them biotches off
