I thought Midas or muffler shops in general refused to remove catalytic converters since its against the law?

Do what darkwaveboi says and try cutting off the cat so you have more room to work with. If you mess up the bolt from the turbo manifold, you can always re-stud it. Re-studding the 3 bolts wouldnt be a bad idea anyways.

 

Yeah, but honestly, re-studding them is beyond my mechanical abilities. I know my limits and respect them

 

And actually, Midas is the one who made my straight pipe to replace my cat... You just have to do it on the down low.

 

Ooooops. My reading comprehension is in a world of hurt. I was thinking of another place, not where it attaches to the turbo. Someone must have crossthreaded it. I have no answer for that one.

 

Did you try the "BFH"...............You know the "Big F'n Hammer".

 

There's no room to swing a little hammer, let alone a big one.

 

Ha...just wait Kahren, your time will come, for I too have been the the bitch.

 

maybe buy a couple of smaller sockets and slam one on there with a hammer (destroys the socket) the breaker bar it off, after letting it soak in some break-free or WD-40

i got lucky and all my bolts came off fine with a regular ratchet after letting each one soak in WD-40 for about 15min.


good luck

 

Ok, hum. That sucks bad man.

Like mentioned before get a propane torch and heat the bolt/stud and then the area around it. Kinda alternate.

That is to bad the bolt is done. However, you can weld a wrench that fits loosely around it. Just get a wrench and sacrafice it. Then get your breaker bar.

Can you get the car on a lift? That might help also.

Good luck. You said you do not wanna restud? Maybe you are thinking of something different. But putting in a new stud is stone simple.

James

 

Try a nut splitter. They can be had for less than your $20 reward.

 

two words for you.... easy out. those work great

.... or drill right through the bolt.....hopefully you wont kill the threads..... i had to do that to the thermostate housing....worked perfectly....although we busted one easy out....so we drilled in out..... now to fix the lugs on the rear tire

 

hmm groton that sounds far lol

 

you cant really easyout a nut nice try though

 

i removed the hole exhaust with some liquide wrench. just squirt some on it, let it sit for 10 min or so then try it. if you can get a bite it will come of !

 

I went out and bought a nut breaker. I will try it tonight after work. That and my dremel are the only options.

 

i had the same problem with the same bolt . you may have ruined the bolt all ready so try to get the socket on with a hammer if posable. should be 14mm like every one else has said. if that wont work you will have to pull the stud. it sounds like a bad idea but it is not that hard. just spray liquid wrench on it let sit place over the end of the stud and wined it down. may need two people to help torque it.

 

if that wont work then you will have to take it to someone

 

when my exhaust was being a bitch, i just went to my mechanic (with the exhaust) gave him ten bucks and told him to melt that bitch outta there. Easy. 5 minutes.

 

I have a problem with that exact same bolt.
It's weird... the stud on mine seems to be a tiny bit different thread pitch than the other two.
Nuts that will fit on the other two, won't fit on the top one.
Ya, that's a tight space too.... I'd say the best bet would be to use a dremel and cut the nut up. I've done that before, it works great, I didn't even damage the stud.

 

Well, I am a jackass. And Bambam, I bet I can solve your problem.

There is a piece of metal that bends down to lock the nut in place... We took a long screwdriver, bent it out of the way, and it took about 1 minute to get the bolt out.

The new exhaust is on, and it ******* rocks!!! I had no idea how awesome it would be... 800 bucks well spent.