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Could this work? Different way to take off those pesky exhaust DP bolts.

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Old 05-17-2002, 02:06 PM
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Default Could this work? Different way to take off those pesky exhaust DP bolts.

Couldn't you just unbolt the cat from the turbo from the top of the motor and pull the DP and the cat through the bottom? The Cat/Turbo bolts are WAY easier to get to. :-?

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Default Could work .. only you'd have to pull all the hangers and the support bracket from underneath.

I find it easier to pull two of the cat to DP bolts from the passengers wheel well and the third from under the car.
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Default i guess so...that sounds more of a pita to me then just getting under the car and getting at the dp

but i have a lift...so no back aches =)
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Default Questions for you then

I just couldn't get to those things... I mean I had a long enough extension but I couldn't see all the bolts... also does someone have to hold the top of the bolt with a rachet while I turn the nut off the bolt? If that's so I need two long extensions... one with me on the bottom loosening the nuts and one from the top reaching back to the cat holding the top bolt on.

Am I right? It just didn't seem *that* easy like everyone has been telling me.
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OEM cat has nuts welded to it .. so only the bolt from below
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well hell... that makes life easier! THANKS!
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