Celica Forums General Discussion Engine and Performance Unbolting exhaust

i tried with all my might to unbolt the exhaust, and i used soap and water...but that didn't help. So can anyone recommend some good lubricant to use to help me get the fucker undone? thanks

ky

are you serious

I am assuming you are talking about the the infamous two bolts. Just going to have to use at least a 1/2 drive socket with a good breaker bar. I ended up using breaker bar and the handle to my floor jack. Onece they are broke loose they'll come right out

what's a breaker bar?

I used WD-40...

just find a pipe that will fit around the handle of your ratchet...it will give you more leverage. I tried unbolting mine with just a medium sized ratchet and it didn't work for shit...sprayed it with wd-40 and added the pipe to my jack and it was a sinch

I'm not sure if you are having trouble with the bolts or the hangers.

Spray WD40 on the bolts and let it sit for a while before you try to get the bolts loose.

Put dish soap all over the exhaust hangers to get the muffler off of the car.

you need some muscle and a strong wrench...i found that the hardest part wasnt getting it off..it was trying to put it back on..i had to go to a shop to get it put back on...if your near a air force base and you got some AF friends, go to the auto hobby shop and pay like 3 bucks an hour..they have all the tools you'll need..lift, torque wrench etc...i used a socket wrench for one side and the closed end of the wrench for the other side..works pretty good that way..

Hmmm...When I unbolted the two bolts on the Celica GT I just used a wrench and it gave in. I am not big either, 5ft 6" and 140lbs. So if I can do it, I am pretty sure you will be able to do so.

wd-40 then just TURN, thats what i did on my exhaust. once the first struggle is over with they are easy. just make sure the torque them back down, i think its 25lbs of torque?

Just use WD-40. Let it sit for a minute, then use a wrench Worked for me last night..

i just cut mine off but yea wd-40 or if you have a torch heat them up a bit

i put wrench on there, stood back a foot, and kicked it, a kick to each side broke the bolts loose lol

Mine were VERY stuck. I used a breaker bar and all that. I ended up cutting my bolts off.

+1 more for WD-40 vote

yeah...i drenched them in WD40 and im still not successful in getting them off.

try my kicking method, but make sure your kicking it the right way..or else you tighten them more...

okay i figured out what you said about kicking it...and it worked lol. first bolt only needed one good kick, the 2nd one needed 3 good kicks...sounds fucking awesome

my god its fucking loud as hell, i had it in 5th gear going 30 mph and it was loud

right on mAN!!

I still like to hear my radio on the freeway.

lol...i bolted my exhaust back after 2 minutes of driving it around...i only did this just because i was curious, and planned on putting it back together after i heared it