x-pipe install need help

[96gtchinook]

Alright so those freeking manifold bolts will not come off without heat there is just no way, but on our stock manifolds it looks to me like the bolts is form pressed into the manifold meaning you cannot replace that bolt very easily if you cut it off, can anyone just confirm this for me because i've tried the impact gun and a full can of pb blaster on these suckers and they dont budge. Thanks :crazy2:

 

[SRT Handz]

You just gotta keep going on those bolt... they will budge it will just take time.

.I used an impact to take mine of because mine were stuck solid..... i broke 2 Sockets in the process

 

[96gtchinook]

ha me too broke 2 so far, did you get it cherry red before you went to impact it off, or just use penetrating oil?

 

[SRT Handz]

ha me too broke 2 so far, did you get it cherry red before you went to impact it off, or just use penetrating oil?

penetrating oil..... but that didnt do crap.... you just have to muscle it will the impact.

The reason they get stuck so hard is because moister and the manifold goes from Hot to Cold Hundreds of times.

Keep muscling... just dont brake the bolt because then you have to pull the whole manifold off the motor... thats a Bitch and a 1/2 to do

 

[96gtchinook]

thats what i figured not to break it off of the because it seemed pressed, thanks for clarifying appreciate it. I close to giving up and just welding in pipes in the place of cats on the stock H. Thanks again.

 

[carramrod98]

i had the same problem. The bolts are spun onto a stud that is treaded into the manifold. With the exhaust heat the bolt ceases and the only way to get it off is to heat is to cherry. What i did, is got a strong friend of mine and had him twist so hard on the bolt that it unthreaded the entire stud lol. Then all you do is get a new stud from the autoparts store and spin it back in there. Just keep at it, itll move.


give some penatrating oil a try also. I sprayed it on there every day. My neighbor said that it works better when heated through driving.....wether or not he has any clue what he was talking about i dont know, lol but mine moved after taking his advice. could be a total coincidence though.

 

[SRT Handz]

i say keep muscling it.

..... my were rusted REALLY hard..... they sparked when coming of because my car is From Chicagoland and the H-pipe was rusted

 

[96gtchinook]

Thanks all very much.

 

[Red96GT]

Yeah I soaked mine in PB blaster for a few hours then muscled it off. It took a socket, swivel, extension, ratchet and 3 foot bar on the end of it to get it off, not pretty.

 

[AaRoN]

I broke 2 sockets and an impact socket trying to get just the passenger side bolts off by the starter. What a PITA :rant2:
But I got it finally after working on it and letting it soak in PB blaster

 

[DFG_magic]

what they said.. Breaker bar, swivel socket, and superman arms FTMFW

 

[Jrgunn5150]

18mm mid-depth socket, heat, and then splash water on it.

 

[voidfinger]

Just had to work on my tranny this weekend so i had to take mine off... pb blaster, monkey arms, and a 4/5 foot braker bar... and two people lol.

 

[Hybridbird]

I am thankful E V E R Y time I work on my cars that they were both low mile Florida only cars....for just this reason.I wish
you all the luck in the world bro,I feel your pain.I lived in northern IL the first 34 years of my life and went through what
your going through right now every damn time I did any little project. :wall:

 

[voidfinger]

yea, salt sucks huh.

 

[xsoutherngun89x]

had the same prob, i did a thread on it. use a big ass breaker bar, you can make more torque than the mpact. just be easy with it. your gonna have to pull hard but it will come. dont freak when it breaks loose, you will think you just broke the bolt but you didnt. my GT is from the north too, lol

 

[IEC Stang]

I had the same problem when i was puting my o/r h pipe on and i got 3 of the bolts off and then there was that one that is really hard to get to. Well, let's just say that i broke 3 swivels and striped half of the bolt so had to pay 30 dollars to a mechanic that i know :wall: but hey after all that it was finally off thank god. All i got to tell you is whatever you do don't strip the bolt or it will become a total nightmare :tickedoff:

 

[gt96stang]

That is why I let them guys over at Top Gun muffler shop deal with mine.. My car was in nebraska and I got them to put my exhaust on for a whole $30... Plus putting on a pair of MIL's they had laying around.. Thank god for knowing owners...

 

[xsoutherngun89x]

speakin of that jay, the lm1's should be here soon. "evil grin"...

but yea man just try not to break the bolts but you will have to pull hard. (tryin to keep everything on topic ya know? lol)

 

[Black97GT]

Breaker bar...and a pipe on the end of it...PITA but you can get em.