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Posted by 90Fox (Member # 1974) on :
 
sup , im trying to put my bbk equal length headers in my 90 lx and i ran into a fat ass problem i cant untighten the rusted bolts hold the h pipe to the stock headers. its hella rusted and i tried a whole bunch of WD-40 its not helping ? anyone have any ideas??
 

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Posted by fiveohmike (Member # 1437) on :
 
MORE WD-40 and get a piece of pipe to out over the breaker bar your using to gain more leverage.............theyll come out and if you snap em new studs and nuts are cheap as hell..

Now give those bolts hell!

Mike
 

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Posted by 1SLOWLX (Member # 558) on :
 
Can you say power tools.
Albert
 

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Posted by cobraman1994 (Member # 467) on :
 
air tools!!! gots to love em'.
but if your still having some trouble. have a friend hold the top of the bolt with the correctly fitted wrench. then get under there and use your breaker bar and start pulling. or, start kicking
 

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Posted by 90Fox (Member # 1974) on :
 
ahah thanks yea im going to try 3 more coats of wd40 and then use more leverage if it doesnt work ....fuk ! if i break the bolt wont i be in a stuck situation? ill have to drill the rest out right?
 

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Posted by 99gt-UJSTLST (Member # 584) on :
 

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Originally posted by 90Fox:
ahah thanks yea im going to try 3 more coats of wd40 and then use more leverage if it doesnt work ....fuk ! if i break the bolt wont i be in a stuck situation? ill have to drill the rest out right?

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all you need if leverage to get it off how big is the rachet your using I member I use to have a bitch of a time takeing thouse types of bolts off with my stander tool but i went to sears and bought one that is like to feet long and man it makes alot of diffrence
 

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Posted by 90Fox (Member # 1974) on :
 
im using a small ass wrench because my o2 sensor is in the way and im having a bitch of a time getting that off. if i got that off i have like a 9 inch ratchet that i can use same with the wrench
 

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Posted by sic91sleeper (Member # 779) on :
 
Take the O2 sensors out of the h-pipe and use wd -40 like you said and your going to need to get soem air tools man.
 

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Posted by fiveohmike (Member # 1437) on :
 
Why didnt you take the O2 out? Are you trying to make it hard on yourself? lol...........It takes like awhopping 8.5 seconds...i think...........oh well did you get the bolts off yet?

Mike


 

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Posted by cobraman1994 (Member # 467) on :
 
go get the 02 sensor removal tool. with that it will pop right out. its only a few dollars for one up at kragen
 

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Posted by sic91sleeper (Member # 779) on :
 

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Originally posted by cobraman1994:
go get the 02 sensor removal tool. with that it will pop right out. its only a few dollars for one up at kragen

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Or you can just use any cresent wrench
 

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Posted by 90Fox (Member # 1974) on :
 
i tried taking it of but the biggest wrench i had was 3/4 im not sure if it fit but the cat was in the way so i couldnt remove it ...... but yea i bought some gettho rust remover and that shit ate right through the rust and the nuts came right of now im driving with equall lenght headers haha . took me hella days to get them in too.
 

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