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Originally Posted by robiewp
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When cutting the bolts off did you take any precautions to avoid killing the cat-end pipe? Did you just cut the bolts off from the muffler side, not worrying about the bracket? Were the parts at all rusted together otherwise?
Cheers,
Rob
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Yeah, the two bolts were solid rust. So much in fact, that the heads weren't shaped enough to grab hold of. The bolts went through the flanges (~6 inch wide plates) that hold the end of the cat pipe to the front end of the intermediate pipe. So I cut with the sawzall coming in from the side, so as to split the plates and cut the bolts at their midpoint. Didn't damage either flange. Keep the intermediate pipe attached to its hangers as you cut though (for safety).
Those two bolts were as surgical as you need to be with the sawzall. Once those are off, you can pretty much just cut the rest of the pieces off: intermediate pipe to muffler connection, muffler to tailpipe, then maybe cut that tailpipe in half so the garbage men take it. Again, watch the clamps and weight coming down on you.
I highly recommend trying it. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
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