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stubborn bolts!

Old 06-05-2007, 05:34 PM
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i am trying to install a new midpipe and my old midpipe bolts wont budge. I have basically given them a bath in wd-40 and they still dont budge. please somebody give me another idea of what i can do before i throw a brick through my window. [:@]
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Old 06-05-2007, 05:37 PM
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get a breaker bar or pipe and break those f%#$ers off or cut them off.
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Old 06-05-2007, 05:38 PM
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get a breaker bar or pipe and break those f%#$ers off or cut them off.
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impact gun, breakerbar, or propane/map gas.
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breaker bar is too big to fit in the tight space.
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Old 06-05-2007, 05:42 PM
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impact gun, breakerbar, or propane/map gas.
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Old 06-05-2007, 05:42 PM
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ahh you have the sn-95, on a fox a breaker bar + pipe is your best friend

how does a car bigger then a fox have less space to work on????
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Old 06-05-2007, 05:43 PM
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Default RE: stubborn bolts!

are you talking about the mid-pipe to header bolts or mid-pipe to cat-back bolts? if it's the header bolts a 6" & 3" extention 1/2" drive would work to get up there and come down far enough for a breaker bar to get on the ratchet.
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i can get the lower bolts on the pipe but the upper ones r in a very tight space.
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get some extensions and a pipe
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