Rusty muffler clamp bolt removal
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Rusty muffler clamp bolt removal
Picked up a Thrush Turbo muffler and an adapter today because my stock exhaust was... not on the good side, it was pretty crusty. Anyhow, got up under the car and grabbed a 15mm deep socket and tried getting the one single bolt holding the muffler on. It wouldn't budge. At all. I soaked it in so much WD-40 and yet the thing still didn't wanna move a single bit.
Any idea on how to get it out of there? I may have a breaker bar laying around somewhere, but was wondering if there's any tricks y'all may know to get super rusty bolts to break loose before I dig through tons of stuff to find it.
Also has anyone ever used the Thrush Turbo as a muffler? Sound clips are hard to come by for the Neon but there were a few for this muffler and they didn't sound so bad, considering it's $30.
Any idea on how to get it out of there? I may have a breaker bar laying around somewhere, but was wondering if there's any tricks y'all may know to get super rusty bolts to break loose before I dig through tons of stuff to find it.
Also has anyone ever used the Thrush Turbo as a muffler? Sound clips are hard to come by for the Neon but there were a few for this muffler and they didn't sound so bad, considering it's $30.
#5
A heat gun to warm things up a little & a 50/50 mix by volume, of tranny fluid & acetone make a good home made rust buster.
Be careful it's a flammable mixture, not too much heat, just enough to warm the item up so the mixture wets the surface good & wait a few minutes for it to penetrate, then give it a twist, or rap to shock the fastener & see if it moves. Don't get crazy with torque or shock loading, let the three (mix, shock/torque, time) work together to loosen things up & let us know how it goes.
Be careful it's a flammable mixture, not too much heat, just enough to warm the item up so the mixture wets the surface good & wait a few minutes for it to penetrate, then give it a twist, or rap to shock the fastener & see if it moves. Don't get crazy with torque or shock loading, let the three (mix, shock/torque, time) work together to loosen things up & let us know how it goes.
Last edited by paw paw; 04-07-2017 at 09:47 AM.
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#7
Really oughta get me some PB Blaster soon, it'd help with stuff like this. Actually got the bolt off today by holding a lighter up to the bolt and wiggling it back and forth for a good while after finding an extension for my socket wrench to give more leverage. Now just gotta get that awful clamp off tomorrow when I wake up... More fun! It's rusty as hell just as well.