[Shotimes] RE: [Shotimes] Man, I'm Exhausted

[Ron Porter]

IMHO, PB Blaster and such are a waste of time on exhaust studs. Go with the
"Flame Wrench" right off the bat!! They have been heat-cycled WAY too many
times.

Ron Porter

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Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 9:04 AM
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Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Man,  I'm Exhausted


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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Larry E
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