Exhaust bolt COMPLETELY stripped
04-04-2006, 04:03 PM
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Exhaust bolt COMPLETELY stripped
I'm trying to install my new exhaust and I get under the car and relize the bottom bolt is COMPLETELY STRIPPED! The top bolt is rusted and the bottom two are new, so I'm guessing the guy before me tried to do something and screwed up. The furthest bottom one on the cat is stripped so bad that a vice can't even get it off. I don't know what to do or how to take it off now? Is there anything I can do?
Thank you so much!
Nick
Thank you so much!
Nick
04-04-2006, 04:48 PM
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when i took my exhaust off the cat bolts were still stuck to the rest of the exhaust... i used a plasma cutter and then knocked them out, i dont know if you have access to one or can get your car lifted that high, but thats what i did.
04-04-2006, 05:01 PM
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See that's my problem... I only have the back jacked up with enough room for me to fit under there. I don't have a plasma cutter either. I'm guessing I just have to go to the muffler shop tomorrow and have them do it.
04-04-2006, 05:04 PM
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Spray the heck out of it with penetrating oil/ WD-40 etc. then at your local harware store you will need to buy bolt extractors. They look just like a socket, but have blades inside of them. It bites into the end of the bolt and then you ratchet it out.
04-04-2006, 05:09 PM
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Use a dremel to cut the bolt off... It will take a few cutting wheels, but it will work in a pinch.
Maybe $50 at a local hardware store. You'll find you use it for all kinds of things.
Maybe $50 at a local hardware store. You'll find you use it for all kinds of things.
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04-04-2006, 05:33 PM
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Yep cut it off, you can also rent one of them cutting tools if you don't want to own/buy one. Jack up one side first then work your way back, it helps to have a good space to work with.
04-04-2006, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JSWhaler,Apr 4 2006, 08:15 PM
drilling the bolt out would be my next option if my previous one stated does not work
04-04-2006, 07:28 PM
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The bolts are broken? Or are they stripped? If stripped, you can run a thread chaser to clean up the threads. If they are the stock bolts, they don't come off. They are pressed into the rear of the cat and stay there. You just take off the nuts. I've done about 1/2 a dozen exhausts on different S2000s. I always giver those nuts and bolts a good spray of Liquid Wrench and let it soak in for a few minutes before taking a wrench to them. I've never broken any of them.