My beautiful midpipe
Im quite happy, I just got it from Rotary Preformance last night. Now, the only problem is, I cant get the friggin nuts off my old exhaust to put it in:(. Any advise? And yes i tried WD-40 and liquid Wrench, those babies are rusted on GOOD!
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Usually if you soak the nuts the night before(sounds kinda kinky) they are alot easier to work with the next day.
They are definately not fun to take off. I recall using a breaker bar to get them off. Chuck 88AE |
Heh stupid question, whats a breaker bar and where can one aquire such a thing:)
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Originally posted by hybridracer Heh stupid question, whats a breaker bar and where can one aquire such a thing:) Any store that sells tools. NAPA, sears, whatever... |
If that doesn't work, find a pipe that will fit over the end of your ratchet or breaker bar. The idea is to get more leverage. The longer the pipe/breaker bar, the more leverage you have, the easier it is to loosen the bolt/nut, etc.
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Thanks for all the help, I think ill just wait till I can get over to my friends house. He has an air compressor. MMMMMMMMMMMM compressed air tools:D
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Originally posted by hybridracer Thanks for all the help, I think ill just wait till I can get over to my friends house. He has an air compressor. MMMMMMMMMMMM compressed air tools:D |
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goto the toyota dealership, get a bottle of pentrating lubircant from them... WD40 and liquid wrench can't even compare.
also if that doesn't work... take your hose, try to hose off all that flammable stuff you can.. take a torch, propane, butane, oxyacetalyne, whatever and try heatting the bolt and then giving it a good wrench |
I had to kick at the breaker bar for like 10 minutes when I took off my exhaust. My arms and les were sooooo sore the next day...
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Originally posted by rico05 I had to kick at the breaker bar for like 10 minutes when I took off my exhaust. My arms and les were sooooo sore the next day... Assuming the car is on 4 jack stands. Put the breaker bar on and have someone hold the bar to make sure it doesn't pop off. Take a floor jack to the end of the bar and jack it up. |
I just use normal sized ratchets and use SS pipes about 3/4 to 1" thick and slide it over the end..i think its easier to work in small spaces that way since the bar doesnt have to be 180* to the ratchet...sometimes i got it to like 20..maybe 30* to the side to fit under an obstruction.
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Liquid Wrench and WD-40 blow. Mine came right off, I doused them with Deep Creep at 12 and 12 hours later they came off with a regular ratchet with little to no pulling.
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Wow, where can I get some of that? Also Im quite worried about my 5th and 6th ports. I really dont want to wire them open and lose the low end torque, is there anyway to make them still work with the midpipe?
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Originally posted by cblake3 If that doesn't work, find a pipe that will fit over the end of your ratchet or breaker bar. The idea is to get more leverage. The longer the pipe/breaker bar, the more leverage you have, the easier it is to loosen the bolt/nut, etc. Use a breaker bar for breaker bar purposes. You can go ahead and put a pipe on a breaker bar if you need to; there's no ratcheting mechanism. (I've even broken a breaker bar at the head. Now THAT's tight!) I recommend a torch and a breaker bar. If that can't get it off, just run to Budget brake and muffler and they'll cut the bolts off for a couple bucks if you pay cash... :D) As for keeping your auxilary ports active, a search should reveal a few options. Or, check out www.FC3s.org.... |
haha yeah after i typed that i was like "damn someones going to tell me to use the search, i knew i shoulda done that first." Just a classic example of doing something before you think it out, i seem to do that a lot..............:)
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Thats why all my tools are craftsman or snapon! Gotta love lifetime replacement!
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Originally posted by knight1976 Thats why all my tools are craftsman or snapon! Gotta love lifetime replacement! I dunno, maybe its also a motto for how I treat cars. Sure, a new car has a warranty, but that doesn't mean I can drive it into the ground and then get it replaced... |
So how much is a breaker bar gonna set me back?
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Originally posted by hybridracer So how much is a breaker bar gonna set me back? |
Dude i just got that same pipe. Its really good the only wierd thing is that there was some resin left on my pipe and for some reason after i first started up my car there was a shit load of smoke coming from the pipe but after a few days it stoped:confused:
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My breaker was closer to $50
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Kinda thin...ain't it? ;)
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