whats the best way to get the collector off without destroying an other wise perfectly good pipe?

ive got the 2 front pipes out but have done everything i can think of to get the 2 back pipes out with no success

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Is it then nuts or bolts that are stuck , if so try to put heat on then and then melt candle wax or bees wax into the thread side your trying to get out . It is a great little trick that normally works !
Hope it works and good luck .
Jason

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A little bit of heat and lots of wiggling . tapping around it with a hammer . it worked for me.

When in doubt get a bigger hammer

x2 bfh!!!

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done been soaking in silikroil for 2 days

also tried a handheld propane torch last night may have to break out the acetylene

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no its the slip joints

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mine is stuck too so if you figure it out let me know how lol

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Have seen this done,really works with nuts.
Can you twist them anyway.maybe take a long bolt or all thread and put in the spring holes and screw it out.Chad

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its a bugpack "big motor" header and its not made like a tri-mill, the spring tabs arent really mounted so that you can the bolt trick

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thats the exact one i have i wanna put a ubend on it do they make on for this style

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never seen a u bend in that particular pipe but i want one also

why dont you see if somebody down around there can make one, there should be a muffler shop with a mandrel bender somewhere in birmingham

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good idea we have a place in town never thought about doing that

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let me know what they charge and post a pic i may get me one made also if you can somebody to do a good job and not flatten or kink up the pipe

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let me know what they charge and post a pic i may get me one made also if you can somebody to do a good job and not flatten or kink up the pipe

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ok i will it will be like 2 weeks befor i do anything to it but will keep posted

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It will hurt your power

Ever get these apart? Looked at mine today on the single seater and they are made like yours,believe you can make you a tool to take these apart fairly easy.Chad

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yeah finally got them apart with a lot of silikroil, propane torch, 2ft. pry bar, vise, rubber hammer, elbow grease, and a LOT of sweat and choice words lol

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clean everything up real good and coat the tubes with hi temp nickel anti sieze before you re-assemble. Also on the u bend,you can buy mandrel bends from jegs or summit.Just get the flange and weld it together.

i had already thought about the anti seize and the pre bent tubing is a good idea

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check this out jesse

http://hardlinecrawlers.com/forums/inde ... ;topicseen

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Antiseize wont work. The exaust gets so hot that it will just burn off. Go to advance auto parts and they sale a small exaust pipe expanding tool. Use it on you collector and your problems will be solved. I use one on every exaust i install and they always come right off no matter how long they are on.