goalieman59
Learning Slowly
I am in the process of replaceing the mufflers on my cat back system, it is a bolt on system. The muffler seems to be rusted to to the pipe. What can i do to get them broken free?
HELP! Replacing a muffler
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K-Dawg
SHO Member
Power tools!
goalieman59
Learning Slowly
i have tried both power tools and air tools. And I have tried the torch. Maybe more time with the torch???
SHOtime2511
CGP
beat the crap out of it with a nice heavy hammer.
luigisho
SHO Member
If it's been on there a long time (especially if you like in salted road region) it might be more than difficult to remove it from the pipe. You might have to cut it off. I would both heat and beat the **** out of it before i cut it off but that may be your final option. Know someone with a welder?
goalieman59
Learning Slowly
i have beat the **** out of it with lots of heat and no dice.
shospeed143
SHO Member
your best bet is to get a cut off wheel and make some cuts on the muffler pipe and then use a pry bar and hammer to just remove the muffler off the other pipe. Just dont cut to deep and cut the other pipe. I have done this on just about every car that I just needed to replace the muffler or just one pipe in the exhaust to get the pipes off without having to replace the rest of the exhaust system.
SHOtime2511
CGP
goalieman59
Learning Slowly
clamp came off with out an issues and now I cannot get the muffler to separate from the pipe.
St Louis SHO
Rollin' coal
Take a dremel with a cutoff wheel, cut the outside pipe only towards the muffler on 2 sides of it. then use a prybar to seperate the pipes.
NotSoSlowSHO
Gas is $$ WALK!
Dont forget new muffler bearings while you are in there. 
On a serous note, exhaust work sucks. I think the best advise yet was that of SHOspeed143. I normally use a chisel to make the cuts though.
On a serous note, exhaust work sucks. I think the best advise yet was that of SHOspeed143. I normally use a chisel to make the cuts though.
SHOhopefull
SHO Member
Kirsch95MTX
Curb Crusher
Sawzall.
Eric VerValin
PiMPSKiLLET
wrap a belt around the muffler, and use a big peice of something.. jack handle maybe and make a big strap wrench.
I've found most rusty things like to come off easier once you can get them to turn a little bit.... or use a die grinder, sawzall and wack it off of there...
I've found most rusty things like to come off easier once you can get them to turn a little bit.... or use a die grinder, sawzall and wack it off of there...
lowc
aka vapah lock
cut off wheel and air hammer if you cant get it off with those two you got some issues
goalieman59
Learning Slowly
I ended having to take it to Meineke. They charged me $60 to take the old ones off and put the new ones on with a new rubber hanger on one side. I was shown the old mufflers they ended up have to take a torch and cut the mufflers off. Thanks for all the reply's.
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