Rusty stuck bolts above Cats

AshtonC04 · Aug 28, 2020

I've had an offroad X sitting in my garage after 2 failed attempts of installing it... I Used PB Blaster on the bolts that connect the midpipe to the manifold and they wont budge. Impact gun cannot break the bolts loose, any help?

7991LXnSHO · Aug 28, 2020

Is there room for one of these scary names tools? The other options I have used involve either some to a lot of heat from a torch.

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Liquid Wrench smells worse and works better for me on bolts, but a penetrating oil like PBladter is the right idea.. According to a machinist’s magazine test, the best penetrating fluid is 50/50 mix of transmission fluid and Acetone. I have this in a precision oiler (a craft bottle with a hypodermic tip) for things like this, stuck tuning slides, and plumbing fittings.

AshtonC04 · Aug 28, 2020

I have heard about the 50/50 mix I'll have to give it a try.I''m trying to do the job without have to cut bolts/nuts but it seems inevitable at this point haha, thanks for the reply.

KRUISR · Aug 28, 2020

Try the "blue tipped wrench". I little heat can help alot.

Adieu · Aug 28, 2020

If it's in a tight spot, a trip to a "smoke shop" or the internet for a blowtorch lighter can do the trick. I keep one in my toolbox at work to heat up stuck fasteners and for heat shrink in places I don't want a heat gun.

As small as the flame is, it can take awhile to heat a bolt up, but it does work. There are bigger torches out there that are still pretty small, but these aren't much bigger than two D-cell batteries.

7991LXnSHO · Aug 29, 2020

There are refillable butane torches at HFT and cooking stores that are a bit bigger but have a small, hot flame.
One of the blowtorch lighters should go in my portable repair kit.

Red_LX · Aug 30, 2020

You may have to cut them off. The bolts on my clamps were so rusted there was no way they were coming out. I used aftermarket butt joint lap band clamps in their place.

Dale GTCS · Aug 31, 2020

If you can get a Long punch on the end after you put your penetrating oil on it several times and tap on the end of the bolt or studs whatever you have a lot of times I have had good luck "breaking them loose

Potomus Pete · Aug 31, 2020

I grind everything with my Harbor Freight grinder. Its amazing how many times that thing comes out to play. When it breaks just throw it away. Gotta love it.

7991LXnSHO · Aug 31, 2020

Be sure to wear a face shield and a cup when using a HFT angle grinder and cut off disc. Safety glasses were not enough when the disc broke on mine. The broken edge pushed off, ripped the grinder out of my hands, and hit my chin like Mike Tyson. The lock nut was so jammed that the grinder broke before I could get it loosened so it went into the trash. It was a really effective tool until then.

Potomus Pete said:
I grind everything with my Harbor Freight grinder. Its amazing how many times that thing comes out to play. When it breaks just throw it away. Gotta love it.

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