Help! Y Pipe Removal
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Help! Y Pipe Removal
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I've started pulling the car apart to do a dump pipe install and I'm stuck at removing the Y pipe bolt from under the car. This is RHD btw.
I don't have nearly as much clearance as the pic above because the stock dump pipe has all these heat shields on it and maybe angled slightly differently.
I can't seem to get any sort of decent leverage with a range of 10mm spanners and ring spanners. Even hitting it with WD40/Inox is hard because of the clearance and angle. I'm afraid if I keep going I'll end up rounding the dam thing!
So thats my dilemma. Has anyone got any ideas I can get it out? Is there any way I can tackle this from the top? Can I do the "unbolt engine mounts and jack up the engine" trick to get more clearance?
I'm so close to putting the car back together and taking it to a mechanic!
I've started pulling the car apart to do a dump pipe install and I'm stuck at removing the Y pipe bolt from under the car. This is RHD btw.
I don't have nearly as much clearance as the pic above because the stock dump pipe has all these heat shields on it and maybe angled slightly differently.
I can't seem to get any sort of decent leverage with a range of 10mm spanners and ring spanners. Even hitting it with WD40/Inox is hard because of the clearance and angle. I'm afraid if I keep going I'll end up rounding the dam thing!
So thats my dilemma. Has anyone got any ideas I can get it out? Is there any way I can tackle this from the top? Can I do the "unbolt engine mounts and jack up the engine" trick to get more clearance?
I'm so close to putting the car back together and taking it to a mechanic!
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im not 100% sure but i took off the y pipe pretty easily from the top, im not sure about the clearance with your car but i just took off the pipe that goes from the y pipe to the i/c take off the top intake, then i could reach the bolts to the y pipe no problem but i also used a socket wrench for it...... got a picture from the top?
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im not 100% sure but i took off the y pipe pretty easily from the top, im not sure about the clearance with your car but i just took off the pipe that goes from the y pipe to the i/c take off the top intake, then i could reach the bolts to the y pipe no problem but i also used a socket wrench for it...... got a picture from the top?
Not the best pics, but here it is:
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Thanks again to all that helped out here. I ended up removing the dump pipe without removing the Y pipe. On that note, that bolt I was stuck on can be easily removed once the dump pipe is out of the way.
I feel like there should be an exclusive club for those who've removed the stock dump pipe themselves hahaha.
Here's the bastard:
I feel like there should be an exclusive club for those who've removed the stock dump pipe themselves hahaha.
Here's the bastard:
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