just a quickie. .

  1. L-plater Joined: May 2011 Posts: 35 silver vts mrk 1
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    Alreet. . so i went to change the old iron exhaust mani for a raceland yet the bolts holding the old mani were rusted to fuck. . and they have sheared themselves. . so now im left with the old mani still on and no bolts to undo.
    Guys. . whats the easiest way of getting the threads and mani off. . do i have to just drill them out...will that still leave a thread for the new bolts to get into. . having proper nightmares with this vts!
  2. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project
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    just undo the rest of the bolts and the mani should come off? if u still have some of the stud left u might be lucky enough to get them out with a tight grip on some mole grips or a stud extractor tool, otherwise they are probably gonna need to be drilled out and maybe re tapped
  3. L-plater Joined: May 2011 Posts: 35 silver vts mrk 1
    #3
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ben_SaxoForte View Post
    just undo the rest of the bolts and the mani should come off? if u still have some of the stud left u might be lucky enough to get them out with a tight grip on some mole grips or a stud extractor tool, otherwise they are probably gonna need to be drilled out and maybe re tapped
    they're going to be re-tapped i reckon. Dude....there are no bolts to grip on to. . they have all sheared off. . mole grips dont get anywhere near. . proper nightmare i tell ye. . .

    So whats the eal on them getting re-tapped?. . . should'nt be that hard should it?
  4. L-plater Joined: May 2011 Posts: 44
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    I thought this thread was about no stings sex but im wrong haha nar im guessing bolts will need to be drilled out then holes need re-tapping, http://www.directindustry.com/prod/r...19-428402.html thats a link to the type of tool you need to re-tap (I think haha)
  5. L-plater Joined: May 2011 Posts: 35 silver vts mrk 1
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
    I thought this thread was about no stings sex but im wrong haha nar im guessing bolts will need to be drilled out then holes need re-tapping, http://www.directindustry.com/prod/r...19-428402.html thats a link to the type of tool you need to re-tap (I think haha)
    Yeah. . i call that selective thinking!

    Yeah great link man. . cheers!