Exhaust question
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Exhaust question
I have to remove the exhaust on my 94 6spd to get to a diff leak. Is it easier to remove it where it's attached to the manifold or remove it where it bolts to the cats? Neither look to easy due to rust. Thanks.
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If the one slip fit pipe shows lots of rust, you will be better off by unbolting the cats from the manifolds and dropping the entire system. There is a hanger at the front of the resonator, at the diff carrier, and at the back side of each muffler.
You will have to support the exhaust system so that the hangers won't bind.
You will have to support the exhaust system so that the hangers won't bind.
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You don't have to drop the exhaust to do the o2 sensors. I Changed them recently and I'm no mechanic. Lots of posts on it if you search. Use plenty of PB blaster or equivalent ahead of time if they have been in there a while, that was my problem.
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Pete, which tool did you use to remove them? I'm pretty mechanically savvy, have done all of my mechanical work on my Vette and BMW and I just can't seem to fit any tool in there to remove them. I rented a set of O2 sockets but because the exhaust pipes are so wide those wouldn't work, not to mention I can't even fit any type of ratchet up there. Ugh!
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Then the flange which flares of the side of the O2 socket I rented isn't wide enough because it barely extends beyond the diameter of the exhaust pipe. Consequently, I can't insert the ratchet extension into it. I'll locate another one and see if it works.
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