Y pipe install...
#1
Y pipe install...
anyone have any install guides for the y pipe with any pictures or anything...i was going to install tomorrow using just ramps to lift the car...is this going to be a pain in the ****...or is it possible to work with the pipe like this...any help is appreciated..
thanks
sabe
thanks
sabe
#2
ramps are doable as long as you have a lot of light to see up under stock y-pipe...space is limited to remove oxugen sensors and loosen bolts on exh manifold...
look around for some penetrating oil and hit it up liberally before starting any work and let it soak in for several hours...it may be good to plan for a broken bolt or two if torque defeats old rusty bolts...
good luck.
look around for some penetrating oil and hit it up liberally before starting any work and let it soak in for several hours...it may be good to plan for a broken bolt or two if torque defeats old rusty bolts...
good luck.
#5
Re: Y pipe install...
Originally posted by BlackMax62
anyone have any install guides for the y pipe with any pictures or anything...i was going to install tomorrow using just ramps to lift the car...is this going to be a pain in the ****...or is it possible to work with the pipe like this...any help is appreciated..
thanks
sabe
anyone have any install guides for the y pipe with any pictures or anything...i was going to install tomorrow using just ramps to lift the car...is this going to be a pain in the ****...or is it possible to work with the pipe like this...any help is appreciated..
thanks
sabe
Plan on using a breaker bar (for REMOVING the old bolts)
Get a can of penetraiting oil
Wait for for the exhaust system to cool (ouch!)
See if you can get a socket attachment so you can angle the socket (i forget what size, i want to say it was 15mm) when it comes to taking the bolts out from above the pre-cat in your stock y-pipe it can be a b*t*h(this is where i snapped the bolts)
there is a bracket that holds your y-pipe up with two 10mm bolts so dont be scared to unbolt the y-pipe from your exhaust manifold it wont fall on you...
soak your old bolts with penetraiting oil
remove your oxygen sensors
remove the bolts to the exhaust manifold
remove the bracket
drop the old y-pipe
install gaskets on your new y-pipe
and bolt that sucker up in there.
I removed that bracket that holds up the y-pipe because mine touched it ever so gently and it would have rattled, this might be the same case for yours.
thats about the end of it, or atleast that is how I did it. If I skipped something please let me know fellow maxima.org'ers.
-Michael
#6
Re: Re: Y pipe install...
Do you mean the hanger bracket?
Originally posted by mikey07005
I removed that bracket that holds up the y-pipe because mine touched it ever so gently and it would have rattled, this might be the same case for yours.
I removed that bracket that holds up the y-pipe because mine touched it ever so gently and it would have rattled, this might be the same case for yours.
#7
Re: Re: Re: Y pipe install...
Originally posted by joew
Do you mean the hanger bracket?
Do you mean the hanger bracket?
#8
i had mine done at a local shop because i'm friends with the people that work there. i helped but am very glad i didn't try at home. took long enough to do in there. bolts were rusted so bad, o2 sensors wouldn't come out so i cut the wires and then reconnected them and used shrink wrap. was overall just a pain in the butt to do and kinda laugh at the fact i would have tried at home with ramps. much easier to work on if you have access to a lift and good tools. goodluck
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
litch
4th Generation Maxima (1995-1999)
123
01-04-2024 07:01 PM
My Coffee
New Member Introductions
15
06-06-2017 02:01 PM