[Shotimes] Man, I'm Exhausted

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Oh man, can I relate. Spent 2 1/2 hours last night trying to break any of the exhaust bolts on my GIII. Nada. 3/4 can of PB Blaster not much help except interesting stains on garage floor. May be torch time. Sigh

In a message dated 8/11/2004 10:49:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Bobbonnit1@aol.com writes:

>Dave;
>  Om the Y-pipe bolts, or any exhaust boilts that have been in a long time, 
>sometimes it's a losing battle. It ends up breaking and out come the manifolds 
>for the center  pinch ( the center)  . drill and tap routine.  Putting 
>penetrating oil on them does help, after you break them loose. I've never seen any 
>penetrating oil actually penetrate much beyond the surface.,  Once it's broke 
>though, it helps the threads get thru the tight part (if the stud goes thru the 
>flange.. 
>  Now's it's time to pull out the 1/2 drive weapons, including an impact if 
>handy. . a long extension, and a "6" point socket.  Worse scenario is to have a 
>"12" point socket "round off the nut".
>When you go to break it loose, if it starts to turn, only turn it about a 1/8 
>or 1/16 of a turn, then turn it back about half that and spray more oil on 
>it. This clears the threads. Hopefully,  it'll get easier.  But if it tightens 
>up and you know it's about to snap, it's torch time. Heat the bastard up 
>without burning anything else ( I use old welding gloves that are too stiff to wear 
>to protect things from being burnt),  then if it doesn't loosen up , there's 
>nothing you can do.  The impact is the ideal weapon,  going back and forth...Be 
>sure toi wear goggles cuz shit's going to fly. I'm sure you know how to 
>double - nut a stud, right?  It sure would be nice to rent a rack to do this 
>standing up.....Grand Auto used to rent their racks but insurance put that out of 
>business and Grand Auto.  Maybe instead of going up with the car, i can backhoe 
>me a ditch , and make it my home for a day cuz I have to replace my y-pipe, 
>and replace my bearings too.  Good Luck
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