exhaust removal

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Dec 30, 2009 | 09:56 PM

slowpoke96z28

Thread Starter

TECH Addict

iTrader: (2)

Joined: May 2005

Posts: 2,099

Likes: 9

From: cedar hill, tx

exhaust removal

needing to take the y-pipe off the kooks headers so i can drop the motor, but it is seized good. i even put the torch on it, and got a few millimeters more, but its stuck. anyone have any ideas?

Dec 30, 2009 | 09:59 PM

02CamaroSSLE

TECH Enthusiast

iTrader: (5)

Joined: Apr 2009

Posts: 636

Likes: 0

From: Houston, TX

try some fluid film and see if that helps... just keep wiggling it and play with it until it comes off... good luck

Dec 30, 2009 | 10:12 PM

vette0009

Launching!

Joined: Dec 2007

Posts: 277

Likes: 0

From: California

can't cut the bolts ?

I don't have kooks I have arh so can't tell you without looking at it

Dec 30, 2009 | 10:46 PM

motoo344

TECH Fanatic

iTrader: (19)

Joined: Jul 2006

Posts: 1,072

Likes: 0

From: Doylestown, PA

Are the bolts just frozen or the pipe stuck together? I would try cutting them or if is the pipes just hit it with a sledge.

Dec 31, 2009 | 12:21 AM

slowpoke96z28

Thread Starter

TECH Addict

iTrader: (2)

Joined: May 2005

Posts: 2,099

Likes: 9

From: cedar hill, tx

pipes are stuck together. i used some PB blaster thursday and its had since the break to work. so liquid wrench nor blue flame wrench are doing any good at this point.

Dec 31, 2009 | 07:37 PM

slowpoke96z28

Thread Starter

TECH Addict

iTrader: (2)

Joined: May 2005

Posts: 2,099

Likes: 9

From: cedar hill, tx

i ended up dropping the borla kit. the I-pipe will just have to come out with the motor.

Dec 31, 2009 | 09:56 PM

jomomma

12 Second Club

iTrader: (39)

Joined: Jun 2006

Posts: 943

Likes: 0

From: surry, va

an arc goudger!

Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin

Verdad Gallardo

6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them

Pouria Savadkouei

Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph

Verdad Gallardo

Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked

Pouria Savadkouei

Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!

Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP

Verdad Gallardo

Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes

Verdad Gallardo

Awesome K5 Blazer Restomod Comes With C7 Corvette Power

Verdad Gallardo

10 Camaros You Should Never Buy

10 LS Engine Myths That Refuse to Die

Verdad Gallardo

Jan 1, 2010 | 01:20 AM

WhiteRhino

TECH Fanatic

iTrader: (6)

Joined: Nov 2001

Posts: 1,224

Likes: 0

From: NV

I wrap the y with a ratchet strap. I put the other end around the rear end. I just ratchet untill it pops apart. Works every time.

Jan 4, 2010 | 02:45 PM

#10

Dano50

FormerVendor

Joined: May 2009

Posts: 192

Likes: 0

From: Sacramento, CA

Give it a good coat of Fluid Film and just let it sit for a few days.

Jan 4, 2010 | 02:54 PM

#11

orangeapeel

ЯєŧąяĐ Єl¡m¡иąŧøя ™

iTrader: (18)

Joined: Nov 2004

Posts: 16,083

Likes: 4

From: Justin, TX

Quote:

Originally Posted by WS.666

BFH...preferably a rubber one.

always good to have atleast 2 around the garage/shop. Sometimes people will just get a cutoff wheel and make a perpendicular cut into the pipe where it slips on. It will usually give you that extra bit of wiggle. Then just replace the old clamp with a band clamp, and if it already has a band clamp you are in good shape still.