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02/24/2019 at 13:55 • Filed to: None | 2 | 30 |
How do I get these off?
I hit it with pb blaster daily for a week. Socket did nothing. Neither did impact. I do not need them (new exhaust came with new nuts/bolts. Cut off wheel?
Victorinoo
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02/24/2019 at 14:00 | 4 |
Pay a muffler shop to remove it. They will torch it and it will zip right off.
Thatredcar
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02/24/2019 at 14:02 | 5 |
Angle grinder with a cutting wheel or a Sawzall with a blade for metal cutting. Other option if it’s really tight is a Dremel with a metal cutting disk, it’ll be slow, but it’ll do the job.
If you have access to an air compressor, you can buy a die grinder for air and put a cutting wheel disc on it. This will be the cheapest option, but not the best, as I personally stay away for air tools.
Personally for exhaust bolts, I prefer a Sawzall, since it’ll do quick work and exhaust bolts can be in a tight place. Angle grinder is quick and less violent, but they don’t always fit. I see that the bolt and exhaust flange have already become one, so your chance of getting it off with a ratchet and PB Blaster is not likely.
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
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02/24/2019 at 14:02 | 1 |
If you don’t need them, then yes, hit ‘em with the cutoff wheel. Just be careful not to totally bugger the parts you D o need. I suggest the slit-n-split method.
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
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02/24/2019 at 14:05 | 1 |
dont need em?
drill em out
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> Thatredcar
02/24/2019 at 14:05 | 0 |
Yeah, I just just reaching under and spraying. When I got it up on stands and saw the extent, I figured I might be screwed
sn4cktimes
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02/24/2019 at 14:06 | 1 |
Yeah, zip-disc on a grinder. Like maybe 8-12 seconds tops. Cutoff on an airtool... 20-40 seconds.
ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> Victorinoo
02/24/2019 at 14:08 | 0 |
^this. That's what I did when i changed my catback
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> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
02/24/2019 at 14:11 | 0 |
Elaborate on split n split please?
jimz
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02/24/2019 at 14:13 | 1 |
cut through a flat on the nut, then chisel to open it up
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
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02/24/2019 at 14:14 | 1 |
A cut-off wheel is going to the be the fastest way to solve that problem.
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
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02/24/2019 at 14:18 | 0 |
This. Go in from one side, start at the top. Grind in far enough to fully cut the flat of the nut, and down untill you almost hit the backing metal. There will still be some metal in tact at the base of the nut... Take a cold chisel or a stout screwdriver/small prybar and jam it in the slit, pry/whack with hammer, the small tab of metal left at the base of the nut should give up pretty easily. Then you can get it off any number of ways.
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
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02/24/2019 at 14:21 | 0 |
Go in from one side, start at the top. Grind in far enough to fully cut the flat of the nut, and down untill you almost hit the backing metal. There will still be some metal in tact at the base of the nut... Take a cold chisel or a stout screwdriver/small prybar and jam it in the slit, pry/whack with hammer, the small tab of metal left at the base of the nut should give up pretty easily. Then you can get it off any number of ways. This is safer then trying to cut it off flat against the backing metal. You'll ruin both the bolt and nut, but if you have new ones it's no biggie. You also have a nice stub sticking out to whack on with a hammer if the bolt is reluctant to leave it's hole.
Alfalfa
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02/24/2019 at 14:23 | 1 |
You could try using a chisel at the base of the nut to break some rust lose. Aside from that, I'd say it's chopping time.
gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
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02/24/2019 at 14:35 | 2 |
I would first attempt with a torch to try getting as much heat into the nut as possible, then hit it with the impact. If that fails, then I would cut a slot down the length of the bolt/nut, the objective being to pop one side of the nut open, which will relieve pressure and make it far easier to spin the nut off.
It also looks like they might be stainless, in which case if they were torqued down excessively , they could very much have cold welded themselves together and you'll only get them apart by destructive means.
dogisbadob
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02/24/2019 at 14:40 | 1 |
Yes, cut them.
Then
, spray the new one with Krown
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
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02/24/2019 at 15:09 | 4 |
Step 1: jack up your car
Step 2: replace car
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> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
02/24/2019 at 16:02 | 1 |
You got it all wrong.
Step 1: jack up car.
Step 2: run into problem you don’t have tools to solve.
Step 3: go to home Depot to buy new tools!
Step 4: resign yourself to cheap Ryobi, because you’re lucky to have a Miata at all
Chinny Raccoon
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02/24/2019 at 16:29 | 0 |
Swearing.
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> Chinny Raccoon
02/24/2019 at 17:23 | 0 |
Kids woke up from nap time. Not an option
RacinBob
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02/24/2019 at 17:31 | 0 |
One of my favorite implements of destruction. Just be careful to not cut a finger off though. At my last race weekend, somebody locked their keys in the trailer, one of these made quick elimination of their padlock. If something needs to be cut, the answer is Dremel.
GoodIdeaAtTheTime
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02/24/2019 at 17:44 | 1 |
Are you positive the nut isn’ t welded to the bracket? Maybe put some force on the bolt itself and see what happens .
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
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02/24/2019 at 18:25 | 1 |
I've been known to use a nut splitter in the past but the shoulder on that nut might cause complications with that technique.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
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02/24/2019 at 19:31 | 1 |
Blowtorch
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> RacinBob
02/24/2019 at 19:57 | 0 |
I ended up going big with an angle grinder
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> GoodIdeaAtTheTime
02/24/2019 at 19:58 | 0 |
The back of the bolt is blank. I forget the term for it, not carriage bolt, but yes. 100% certain it shouldn't be welded
RacinBob
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02/24/2019 at 21:09 | 1 |
Understood. But if you own a dremmel, those cutoff wheels are awesome. There are probably 5 times where that tool was the thing that made the project possible.
Most recently when we turned a 13 mm socket into a ford clutch linkage at the track by welding a washer on one end and cutting a “window” into the side of the socket with the Dremmel
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> RacinBob
02/24/2019 at 21:20 | 0 |
Ive debated getting one for the longest time. But $29 got me home depot's finest cheapest.
GoodIdeaAtTheTime
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02/25/2019 at 10:42 | 1 |
Ah ok. So just a compression stud, kinda like a wheel stud but not really . Get it glowing red and either the nut will come right off or the stud will snap.
Clown Shoe Pilot
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03/05/2019 at 21:17 | 1 |
Do you have a needle scaler? I’d clean it up w/ that first. If the nut is still frozen on solid, try a nut buster:
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200396173_200396173
Edit: dang, I’m a week late. Never mind :)
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> Clown Shoe Pilot
03/05/2019 at 21:24 | 0 |
No worries! Now I know what a needle scaler is.
It was rusted solid, all the way through. Angle grinder to get the nut off, and I still couldn't bang the bolt out. Had to drill through.