Re: Install tips needed (header and sway bars)

["Jim Buck/BahnBurners!" <vwpride@mixi.net>]

Have access to an air chisel with a narrow blade?  That'll get the nut off in
about 5 seconds (wear approved safety goggles).   Another way is getting a
wrench on the nut, and  a pair of vice grips on the stud and carefully turning
both.  Sometimes the stud will start turning.  You did use a 6 point box end
wrench didn't you?  There's no substitute IMHO.

jim


Owen wrote:

> The only thing worse
> >than twisting a stud off is rounding the nut off.  Shouldn't happen though,
> >since the head is aluminum after all.
>
> Well it happend, rounded one of the damn nuts off, and of course it's the
> hardest one to get at.  Man, ramoving this manifold is definitely the
> biggest ass pain i've ever encountered!!
>
> So my two problems are.... how to get this nut off (my dad said i should try
> a nut breaker or something....ouch).  My second problem is how to seperate
> the downpipe/cat from the back exhaust tubing?  The downpipe is seperated
> from the manifold, but i can't remove it until i figure out how to seperate
> that whole bit from the rest of the tubing.  i have the clamp loosened off,
> and it moves around freely, but i just can't seperate them..
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
>         TIA again,
>
> Owen
> 87 Scirocco 16v #38 C-SS.
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1571

--
Jim Buck,

BahnBurners!  http://www.mixi.net/~vwpride/

1990 Passat Wagon 2.0 16v
1987 Scirocco 16v "lil 109"
1982 Rabbit Convertible **FOR SALE**



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