Exhaust installation question
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 161
Likes: 0
Exhaust installation question
Am installing a Z06 (take off) exhaust on my '04 Vert.
Pretty straightforward except the instructions I have from a Corvette Fever article about dropping the stabilizer bar. I couldn't figure out what they wanted me to remove...but now I have figured that out but I have 2 questions.
They don't list the torgue specs in the article for retightening the bolts holding the stabilizer bar to the frame (they list PSI if you're using an air wrench...which I am not). Anyone have the torque specs (top and bottom bolt)?
Also, before i figured out what they wanted me to unbolt, I started looseing the bolts on the ends of the stabilizer bar, (that little 5 inch dogleg) only to realize that after many turns, they didn't actually "loosen"...they must be secured at a certain depth against the rubber bushing. Did I screw anything up by turning them? I think they just rotated as I thought I was loosening them?
Pretty straightforward except the instructions I have from a Corvette Fever article about dropping the stabilizer bar. I couldn't figure out what they wanted me to remove...but now I have figured that out but I have 2 questions.
They don't list the torgue specs in the article for retightening the bolts holding the stabilizer bar to the frame (they list PSI if you're using an air wrench...which I am not). Anyone have the torque specs (top and bottom bolt)?
Also, before i figured out what they wanted me to unbolt, I started looseing the bolts on the ends of the stabilizer bar, (that little 5 inch dogleg) only to realize that after many turns, they didn't actually "loosen"...they must be secured at a certain depth against the rubber bushing. Did I screw anything up by turning them? I think they just rotated as I thought I was loosening them?
Team Owner
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 21,473
Likes: 356
From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
You'll be okay on the endlinks (Dog Legs 
) if you look in the center of the "BOLT" you'll see an allen wrench (Or star Bit) center!
So you will use an allen wrench in conjunction w/a wrench open end or boxed your choice
As for the TQ specs for the sway bar brackets someone will need to chime in because I don't have that here with me!
Thanks,Matt
) if you look in the center of the "BOLT" you'll see an allen wrench (Or star Bit) center!So you will use an allen wrench in conjunction w/a wrench open end or boxed your choice
As for the TQ specs for the sway bar brackets someone will need to chime in because I don't have that here with me!
Thanks,Matt
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 161
Likes: 0
thanks Matt..yes, end links...(can you tell I'm a golfer?)... I thought i saw the star end...so i probably just rotated them and not actually loosened anything...no harm/no foul, right? as the article said I don't have to remove the end links.
Team Owner
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 21,473
Likes: 356
From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
You just have to get the *** end up real high in order to change that exhaust!
Thanks,Matt
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,543
Likes: 5
From: Toronto Ontario
St. Jude Donor '08
You need to remove the sway bar brackets only..and pivot the sway bar downwards...the exhaust will slide right out...i did mine a couple of weeks ago....very easy especially if it's on a lift....good luck..
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 945
Likes: 1
From: Tigertown Ohio
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 7,788
Likes: 6
From: Winchester TN
Cruise-In III Veteran
Cruise-In IV Veteran
Cruise-In V Veteran
St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07-'11
If the car is an auto - this is a must.
The shield is a two-piece arrangement, and if you remove the whole shield, the tank is now dangling.....so be sure to only remove the rearmost portion of the heat shield panel.....
best regards -
mqqn
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 10,554
Likes: 33
From: Not on either liberal coast.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 7,788
Likes: 6
From: Winchester TN
Cruise-In III Veteran
Cruise-In IV Veteran
Cruise-In V Veteran
St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07-'11
Hi 72TTop -
Look at the passenger side, in front of the muffler - there is a metal pan held on by 10mm bolts.
Remove the two bolts holding the rear pan on and slide it rearward to pull the tab out of the slot on the forward portion of the shield.
Then your passenger side catback pipe will come right out of there.
best regards -
mqqn
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 161
Likes: 0
Hey thanks for the gas tank Shield info. Before I took it off, I backed the car up clear to the end (tires not quite hanging over) and I had enough clearance to turn the catback enough to slide her out. Good news for anyone else with an Auto car...just back it up to the edge of the lift.
