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    header install, need motivation

    so i bought the ebay header off of sulimed about a week ago and it just came in today. and coincidentally i have the day off also. i've just been too lazy to even attempt putting it on, and my next day off isn't until Friday, which i wont have the time to do it anyways. i know for a fact that the bolts on the downpipe->cat are rotted to shit and i dont even know where to start on how to get them off. besides being lazy, that is the main reason why im avoiding it right now. i doubt PB blaster will make it that much easier.

    someone motivate me, give me some ideas for breaking loose those bolts, or come and help just kidding about the help, but motivation works for me
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    PB Blaster breaker bar all you need. Get off your ass and do it. Thats all I have to say for motivation.

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      #3
      Originally posted by NAiL05
      PB Blaster breaker bar all you need. Get off your ass and do it. Thats all I have to say for motivation.

      i hope you're right. the way those bolts look, don't even seem like the ratchet will bite onto it

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        #4
        lots of patience and clean it really good before you turn on the car


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          Ima big guy, my car is low, I have closterfobia. I just replaced the cat so I wouldnt have to try and get it off the downpipe sence im running a fairly new catback. I tryed to get the cat off... seriously I did. But it was winter and my car sat in a small melted spot in the ice so every time i got under it i was sitting in a pool of ice water with no way to get my self back out. Under a car sitting on jackstands ontop of a layer of ice that was letting the stands sink about a inch an hour.

          The snow and Ice is gone, If you dont have time now, just buy a new cat and you wont have to deal with stuck bolts UNDER your car, where breaker bars are nearly useless if you cant move or dont have a realy nice jack that can get your car up high enuf. So there is some motivation, the weather is nicer, and it should be alot easyer for you than it was for me.
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            #6
            Originally posted by Akira_kj
            Ima big guy, my car is low, I have closterfobia. I just replaced the cat so I wouldnt have to try and get it off the downpipe sence im running a fairly new catback. I tryed to get the cat off... seriously I did. But it was winter and my car sat in a small melted spot in the ice so every time i got under it i was sitting in a pool of ice water with no way to get my self back out. Under a car sitting on jackstands ontop of a layer of ice that was letting the stands sink about a inch an hour.

            The snow and Ice is gone, If you dont have time now, just buy a new cat and you wont have to deal with stuck bolts UNDER your car, where breaker bars are nearly useless if you cant move or dont have a realy nice jack that can get your car up high enuf. So there is some motivation, the weather is nicer, and it should be alot easyer for you than it was for me.

            thanks

            ok, i went under the car today to PB Blast the cat bolts. after soaking them, i went to test fit the socket. put a 14mm on it, twist, and guess what? it just turns, no bite at all, and rust chips falling to the ground. tried a 13mm after, twist by hand, feels like there's some bite. i left the PB on to soak over night, and then i'm going to use the 13mm and see what i can do in the morning

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              i'd try other way around, start from smaller socket up, that way you prevent stripping

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                Originally posted by prNonVtec4u
                i'd try other way around, start from smaller socket up, that way you prevent stripping
                You have a good tool set with six points and put full contact on the nut you wont have to worry about stripping.

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                  #9
                  tip: before you install the new header, paint it with some rustoleum high temp paint.

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                    #10
                    I had to take off the cat then try to wrench the damn thing off the front of it with PB and a 6 point socket.

                    ( it was pretty funny now that I think of it, me with the cat and a downpipe still attached to it, trying to unbolt it in my front yard. )
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                    Still miss the CB though......maybe one day.

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                      #11
                      Nike - Just do it!

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                        #12
                        well i did try a 12mm and it wouldnt fit, unless i probably tried banging it in. im gonna see how 13mm bites, and if all else fails, im just going to buy a new cat anyways and have a buddy of mine do it all.

                        oh btw, i have all craftsman tools

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by NAiL05
                          You have a good tool set with six points and put full contact on the nut you wont have to worry about stripping.
                          unless the bolt is nothing but rust

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by tanNn2koo
                            unless the bolt is nothing but rust
                            Same thing happened with the catalytic nuts. Here's what I did
                            -PB the shit outta the bolts and nuts and let them soak
                            -Grab a 6 point socket and hammer the shit outta it until it sits well on the rusted nut. Make sure the socket is the right size!!
                            -Take a breaker bar and twist the nuts off.

                            The most important step is making sure you hammer the socket just right or else you risk stripping the nut. If you have good tools, the socket should remain intact and almost completely unharmed.

                            ...adjust accordingly

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                              #15
                              is the bolt definitely supposed to be a 14mm? or is it a 13mm to begin with? or could it vary?

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