as titled....any tips?

I got everything unbolted, included the O2 senors. but the damned thing just wont come off. I tried to pull the pipe out of the rear manifold first and it didnt work. Then I tried to force it out of the pre-cat (I have 2000 cali spec) and it didnt work. Now I am so tired that I dont have any strength to work on it.


thx

 

I ran into the same problem. Just have someone pull from the front and then where the y-pipe meets the CAT, bang on it with a hammer. It'll eventually budge. There is some sealent stuff there. The new one goes in 20 min, tops. I promise.

 

Have you tried some "liquid wrench"? It greatly helps. Just let it soak for like 10-15 minutes.

 

perhaps some "anti-seize" as well?

 

oh yea...i jus recalled when i put on my budget y-pipe and puttin my stock ones back on i pulled like a ****...

after i get my agx and warpspeed y-pipe i'm jus gonna take it all to matthel's and let him do the work

 

thx guys for the inputs....I unbolted everything without any problem because my installer used antiseize on all bolts.


but the problem now is that it got stuck onto the car and it wont come off. I dunno which side should I pull out first? the front manifold or the rear?

thx

 

the front should come off fairly easy. Mine wasnt even stuck. make sure you have all 6 bolts off in the front. Then work at the rear.

 

Still stuck? Eat some more rice.













Yeah, it's a bit tricky. You have two choices:
- pull off the front pipe first... you'll have to use quite a bit of strength
- pull downwards to the pip going upwards will come down first

 

got it done! I busted my arm on the first day and inhaled too much fiber glass from the exhaust wrap so I had to wait for the next day.

I went for the second route, take out the pipe goes to the rear manifold first. I took it off to check my flex section but the felx section was fine. The newer stillen pipe uses the ring-type flex like the cattman pipe. so pretty much I just spent few hours of working on nothing and 10 dollars for new gaskets.


thx everybody for the inputs

 

I don't remember, but could you have disconnected the cat and looked through the rear? Stillen's flex section (new design) is located in a different location than the old design, right?

 

yup, they moved it away from where it used to be (like yours, close to the cat). Now it is in the center of the pipe.


I tried to just disconnect the cat and the pipe, but I couldnt see it.

 

BFH!!!