help please with header install

**Z28LS1** · 01-06-2007, 07:48 AM

hey guys, im putting on a pair of long tubes right now and i've come to a problem. its been a great 3 hours until i had to take off the 3 bolts on each y-pipe connection to the exhaust manifold. They are rusted shut. i tried wd-40, liquid wrench, torching it, even pepsi. i tried to get it off with a wratchet and a pole on the end and it split the wratchet, along with 2 sockets... any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

thanks

**WhiteLs1** · 01-06-2007, 08:28 AM

Spray the hell out of it with wd-40/Liquid wrench and let it stand for a few hours and try again, it will come. Good luck -Dave

**Z28LS1** · 01-06-2007, 08:46 AM

haha alright i'll give it a try now,.. i'll let u know how it goes ina litle bit, thanks.

**SSmoky01** · 01-06-2007, 08:48 AM

Have you beat on em with a hammer? That help's too sometimes.

**Z28LS1** · 01-06-2007, 09:31 AM

yeah i attempted that, but i can't get the angle because its a reach into the engine compartment from under the car... theres just not enough room.. so right now its soaking in more wd-40 and im about to go buy more sockets lol

**89LX** · 01-06-2007, 09:59 AM

After letting them soak for a day they still woundn't break loose. I switched from 3/8" drive to 1/2" and a breaker bar with long extension and busted them free first time.

**98Camarod** · 01-06-2007, 05:39 PM

Borrow a compressor and impact gun and break them bad boys off. I used air and only one of the bolts actually came off, the other studs broke.

**Z28LS1** · 01-06-2007, 06:26 PM

yeah i got 2 of 6 of so far with just a lot of wd-40 and a pipe on the end of my wratchet.. im gonna put a little more elbow grease and wd-40 into it tomorrow and if not, i know a kid that might have that impact gun+compressor.. thanks for everyones advice

, ill let u know what happens tomorrow

**98Camarod** · 01-06-2007, 06:28 PM

If you get the compressor, youre gonna wish you had done it sooner. It takes two seconds to take them off with the impact.

**9t8z28** · 01-07-2007, 07:19 AM

Just break them off!!

**MikeSomething** · 01-07-2007, 10:26 AM

Spray em down and tap em w/ a hammer... The vibrations make the liquid go into every nook and cranny. You can also cut em off w/ a sawzall.

**Z28LS1** · 01-07-2007, 05:27 PM

i ended up getting them off in over a full day of constant wd40 and liquid wrench.. along with a wratchet and pipe (and a little hammer). i broke two of them, your right, it didnt matter lol. thanks everyone, you were a real help. now i'm lookin forward to a couple days of open headers lol.

**BlackLT1Z28** · 01-07-2007, 06:04 PM

You'll get tired of open headers real quick. Too friggin loud. You'll have a headache when you get done driving it. But it is fun as hell the first time you take it out with open headers.