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- Todd
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quick question for you guys - (firstly, my car is bone stock so i don't really have a dog in this fight). my first thought as an engineer would be that if I were going to remove my downpipe, and now that i know this is a very common failure - maybe instead of trying to unscrew the nut off that stud that we almost know for certain is going to fail? instead use a nut-cracker, or even a dremel with a small cutting blade to score the nut and thus split it off (and throw it away of course) and use a new nut when you put the new dp on?
just a thought!
PS i've done this when removing exhaust manifolds on old cars that had really rusty looking nuts; i PB blast the crap out of them and then use a nut cracker or score the nuts with my dremel and then they pop right off leaving the stud untouched
just a thought!
PS i've done this when removing exhaust manifolds on old cars that had really rusty looking nuts; i PB blast the crap out of them and then use a nut cracker or score the nuts with my dremel and then they pop right off leaving the stud untouched
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