ericdwong

I'm trying to put my OEM Y pipe back in place, but that damn thing just wont fit at the cat. Its off by only a few mm, but the bolt just isnt going through. Grr. I've been swearing for probably the past 2 hours. This is really getting old putting Y pipes on. I say this is probably the 6th or so time I had to remove/put a y pipe on my car. Grrr.

Str8ridin

I about to do mine this weekend and I hope I don't get stuck in the same spot. Question for ya though : Can I use a regular hydrolic jack and stands from the front to be able to do take it off/putt the new one on?

Good luck bro..

sbslacker

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Can you loosen the other bolts a bit to get some left and right play in the pipe?

MAXINXS

Eric,
Did you ever hear back from Cattman Perfomance about your y-pipe?
Just curious.....

ericdwong

Yes, he tells me that he is in the works of researching and negotiating for a new flex section. This whole process will most likely take a few weeks. Geeze, at this point, I'm thinkin about buying a new Y pipe, and then when this one gets fixed, selling it. This Y pipe (and car) has given me so much pain.

OriginalMadMax

Someone posted on that "Worst job" thread about changing the bulbs in the foglamps. Man, I was sweating starting up that job. Got lucky, I guess. No big hangups. Y-pipes are a b*tch, and no way around it. Helps to have extra hands around ...

hakk97se

Heh, yeah. The clearance lights threw me a little more than the fogs, but they were both more difficult than I anticipated. I started the project in the late afternoon and by the end I was laying on gravel with a flashlight in my mouth trying to finish so I could drive my car out for the evening! Whelp, my next mod is the y-pipe. Maybe I'll get someone else to do it for me

Tubbed'65

Y pipes are simple guys, don't mod your car thinking you won't have to do any fab work. Its a given when choosing to do this stuff. I put my cattman pipe on in 20 minutes, thats including removing the old budget one. I did have to coax it a little though.

OriginalMadMax

My Cattman y-pipe took longer. It hit the frame, so I had to grind part of the frame. The O2 sensor was in the wrong place, so THAT took more work. You can thank me if yours was in the right place, because I contacted Cattman and helped him fix that problem.

sbslacker

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Thank you.

ericdwong

I got the thing on, it wasnt too bad actually. I just had to vent on my first post. It turns out that my cat bracket is kinda bent, so that made things a bit more difficult to put on.

OriginalMadMax

Working on cars generally isn't hard, it's just stupid, brutish work. Then again, my sister's ex, a genuine top-level rocket scientist, wouldn't buy a Jaguar V-12 because that was too much effort to keep tuned, even for him.