Feldman

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Tried to remove my stock y pipe in order to install my new warpspeed pipe and everything went pretty smoothly until i got to the bolts where the y connects to the rear headers.

I have a 2000 cali spec and even after i remove all the heat shields i can only get to one of the three bolts where i can get some torque on it.

I was wondering how those of you have gotten your cali spec y pipes off. I was going to hit it with my sawzall but when i went to grab it i remembered i loaned to to my dad so the removal/install has to wait to tomorrow.

I would much prefer to take the stock pipe off in one piece and donate it to a member that needs a stock replacement but at this point it looks like it is coming off in several pieces unless someone has a suggestion.

Feldman

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bump

IHAVEA2KMAXIMA

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I have the same thing as you... 2000 Cali spec with WarpSpeed y.
The shop I took it to didn't take them long to take everything off. Are you not able to reach the bolts because of weird angle or...?

Feldman

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there are three on there and i can get to one. The one i can get to i am using a 12" extension to reach and an impact wrench at the end. the other two i cant get to in a strait line because of the way the pipe bends and the precat. the only way i could reach them is with a short socket which would give me limited torque.

The bolts aren't way rusted but they are probably taking about 120-150 ft/lbs to break them free and 60-80 to turn them and i dont think i can do pull it off with limited space and only a few fingers on the wrench

Tcrast1

would you be able to get to it with a u-joint extension?

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools...e=snapon-store

if so, you can get them at any auto parts store. and don't worry, they're not anywhere near as expensive as the snapon one in that link. I just wanted you to see what im talking about.

Tcrast1

im sorry, just realized that the one in the link is the actual socket, there are also extensions that you can connect any of your sockets.

Feldman

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thanks, i will give that a shot i am just worried about stripping the bolt if i am putting a lot of torque on it and the angle is off a bit.

I will report back later with results

Bjs470

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You just gotta be aggressive. So how did it go, did you get the pipe off?

Feldman

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picked up a swivel joint and hit it hard with the impact wrench and they came off! Thanks for the suggestion.

I sheared off one of my bolts on the front manifold but that is ok because the broken part is stuck in the old pipe and i stripped one of the rusted cat bolts but i solved that problem by welding on an old 13mm socket on there and going at it with the impact wrench again.

After i got everything on and took it out it sounded like **** because it was hitting the brace back by the b pipe when i got on the gas hard. It didn't seem to be doing anything of purpose so i took it off. Should i shim it down a little lower or should i just leave it off? what is it's purpose?

mymaxi41691

how much did they charge you to remove them?