Fister D's Arrived! Now..who should do the install?
#46
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I cannot get the last nut off. It is rounded off and I can't get a bolt off onto it to come loose. I think I am going to have to take it somewhere. Admitting defeat suuuuuuucks.
Question. I have one muffler off and all of the other bolts removed. If I drive the car 1 to 2 miles with all the hardware removed and missing 1 muffler am I gonna screw anything up?
Question. I have one muffler off and all of the other bolts removed. If I drive the car 1 to 2 miles with all the hardware removed and missing 1 muffler am I gonna screw anything up?
#47
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Well.......that blows. I would put the hardware back on the can that is still on the car, put some ear plugs in and get it to a shop or.......take the bumper off and the heat shields. You should be able to get to the 2 bolts that hold the can to the bracket that the final nut is attached too. The bolts are vertical with the head of the bolt on top. If you can't wrench them off then cut them off. Give it a shot. The bumper and heat shields will take you a 1/2 hour to remove.
#48
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Well.......that blows. I would put the hardware back on the can that is still on the car, put some ear plugs in and get it to a shop or.......take the bumper off and the heat shields. You should be able to get to the 2 bolts that hold the can to the bracket that the final nut is attached too. The bolts are vertical with the head of the bolt on top. If you can't wrench them off then cut them off. Give it a shot. The bumper and heat shields will take you a 1/2 hour to remove.
To confirm, if I remove bumper and heart shield I can extract the bolts connecting the muffler to the brackets through the top? I'd so, I'm doing that.
#50
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Yeah, I assume that even if they don't come out I can cut them off and then replace them which I am intending to do anyway. At this point I think I am at the equivalent of about $30,000 of my billable time into this project. I do not want to give up. Never surrender!!!!
#51
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No, you cannot wiggle the bolt out the top, but I *think* that I can push the bolt up high enough to be able to cut it. I think.
Got the bolt on the front hanger loose. Then I got a wrench on the nut on the bottom of rear hanger bolt and it snapped off as soon as I turned it. Perfect, now I just pop it out the top, says the optimist in me.
Eeeeeeeeeeexceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeept the bolt is rusted to the hanger and won't pop out.
Hit it with PB Blaster and hopefully I can make this work. Picture of post-PB Blaster shot attached:
#54
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My wife has fully transitioned from wtf is your problem, pay someone to do this you idiot to seeing the challenge and is now fully along for the ride. She complained about the smell of the pb blaster the first time. Now she is suggesting it to see if that works.
I'm gonna get this done.
I ........ think.
I'm gonna get this done.
I ........ think.
#56
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Wow I feel so bad for those of you that live in corrosive environments.
Mine were tight but a little PB Blaster and some muscle and they were out!
Now I can remove my mufflers in minutes if I need to.
Mine were tight but a little PB Blaster and some muscle and they were out!
Now I can remove my mufflers in minutes if I need to.
#58
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So, inspired by Seeeu911's sentiments, I went medieval on this mother ******.
I managed to mangle the bracket sufficiently that I was able to pop the long vertical (front) bolt out of the bracket and wiggle it around so I have access to the rear vertical bolt. I was able to get a bolt off onto the top bolt head (remember, for those of you not following along with this saga as closely as your parents would like, the nut and part of the bolt on the bottom of this one snapped off) and twist it loose.
So, easy game right? Pop that bad boy out the top and off we go.
Of course not. Nope.
It turns, both directions, but it doesn't come out of the hole. Just twists there in its own little space (not shocking really, as there aren't any threads on the bolt until the very bottom). If I wiggle the can it moves up and down, it just won't come up and out.
Progress, but no advancement.
I will not do this: No matter how many times I do this:
#59
I briefly read the dilemma, can you get a bolt extractor and remove the final 13mm back behind the bracket? I thought each muffler had 3 bolts on backside and then the 17mm on the clamped tubing.
I think Ace stocks them too.
I think Ace stocks them too.
#60
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I briefly read the dilemma, can you get a [URL="http://www.mscdirect.com/browse/Hand-Tools/Sockets-Ratchets/Bolt-Extractors-Removers/Bolt-Extractors?navid=12102926"[/URL] and remove the final 13mm back behind the bracket? I thought each muffler had 3 bolts on backside and then the 17mm on the clamped tubing.
I think Ace stocks them too.
I think Ace stocks them too.