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Old Jun 11, 2010 | 08:59 AM
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Default easy way to get the rubber exhaust hangers off??

Been a while since i've been under there. I remember lubing up the area, then taking a screw driver and trying to pry the exhaust of the hangers. Any other tips I may have forgotten?
Old Jun 11, 2010 | 09:38 AM
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wd40 plus any sort of pry bar.
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PB blaster and shove a sturdy screwdriver in next to the metal hanger if it has a "bubble" at the end of it.
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Originally Posted by Pitlab77
Been a while since i've been under there. I remember lubing up the area...
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If your muscling it, wear gloves! I've had several busted knuckles from working with the rubber isolators.
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wd40, prybar, lots of twisting and pulling... disconnect part of the exhaust if necessary....

Worst case scenario...cut the rubber bushing and buy a new one for 5 bucks.
Old Jun 11, 2010 | 10:33 AM
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Dont use WD40, use windex. WD stays slimy.
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Originally Posted by chpmnsws6
PB blaster and shove a sturdy screwdriver in next to the metal hanger if it has a "bubble" at the end of it.
yup that the way i've done it before, really hoping there was an easier way. I might be lazy and just change my oil and leave the mid-pipe alone till later.
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I just use my bare hands and pull them off.

Do some of you guys really use oil and pry bars?
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Originally Posted by Vashthestampede
I just use my bare hands and pull them off.

Do some of you guys really use oil and pry bars?
yours must be loose like a grandma hooker
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Originally Posted by y8s
yours must be loose like a grandma hooker
Lol

They're on tight. I just pull them off with force though. I never even thought about using tools or oil to take them off.

This thread suits m.net better than here I think.
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Originally Posted by levnubhin
Dude, you're a homo...get off my facebook page!!!
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Originally Posted by Vashthestampede
This thread suits m.net better than here I think.
You must have been born knowing how to remove the rubbers..... Even after fighting with them for 8-9 years, I can still barely get them on.... and when I do, they are even harder to take off!












Ya'll can have fun with that one
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Originally Posted by hustler
Originally Posted by levnubhin
Dude, you're a homo...get off my facebook page!!!
fixed.

i also cut the little nipples off my hangers while my exhaust was off just in case it needed to come off ever again, and it did.
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Originally Posted by levnubhin
This.

Stop being a *****
Old Jun 11, 2010 | 02:49 PM
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white lithium grease

they'll slide off there like....well, use your sexually explicit imagination
Old Jun 11, 2010 | 02:50 PM
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there is a tool for it my mac tools distributer carries them there like 20 bucks and have paid for themselfs more than once. they are likt a pair of pliers with a fork on one end and just a bent post on the other and they work awsome!

Kris.
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Pull them off by hand or your man card will be revoked. Or, you could get your sister to do it for you.

Damn: I just noticed my sig.....I need a summer pic!
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Originally Posted by rugger
Pull them off by hand or your man card will be revoked. Or, you could get your sister to do it for you.
This!



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