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Pitlab77 06-11-2010 08:59 AM

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?

Braineack 06-11-2010 09:38 AM

wd40 plus any sort of pry bar.

chpmnsws6 06-11-2010 09:48 AM

PB blaster and shove a sturdy screwdriver in next to the metal hanger if it has a "bubble" at the end of it.

mgeoffriau 06-11-2010 09:53 AM


Originally Posted by Pitlab77 (Post 586942)
Been a while since i've been under there. I remember lubing up the area...

:fawk:

levnubhin 06-11-2010 10:07 AM

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chpmnsws6 06-11-2010 10:17 AM

If your muscling it, wear gloves! I've had several busted knuckles from working with the rubber isolators.

Preluding 06-11-2010 10:18 AM

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.

y8s 06-11-2010 10:33 AM

Dont use WD40, use windex. WD stays slimy.

Pitlab77 06-11-2010 11:27 AM


Originally Posted by chpmnsws6 (Post 586969)
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.

Vashthestampede 06-11-2010 11:46 AM

I just use my bare hands and pull them off.

Do some of you guys really use oil and pry bars? :bowrofl:

y8s 06-11-2010 12:15 PM


Originally Posted by Vashthestampede (Post 587054)
I just use my bare hands and pull them off.

Do some of you guys really use oil and pry bars? :bowrofl:

yours must be loose like a grandma hooker

Vashthestampede 06-11-2010 12:38 PM


Originally Posted by y8s (Post 587076)
yours must be loose like a grandma hooker

Lol :laugh:

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. ;)

hustler 06-11-2010 01:04 PM


Originally Posted by levnubhin (Post 586983)

Dude, you're a homo...get off my facebook page!!!

chpmnsws6 06-11-2010 01:07 PM


Originally Posted by Vashthestampede (Post 587089)
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 :giggle:

jeff_man 06-11-2010 01:16 PM


Originally Posted by hustler (Post 587097)

Originally Posted by levnubhin (Post 586983)

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.

mikeflys1 06-11-2010 01:55 PM


Originally Posted by levnubhin (Post 586983)

This.

Stop being a pussy

fooger03 06-11-2010 02:49 PM

white lithium grease

they'll slide off there like....well, use your sexually explicit imagination

uavjeep 06-11-2010 02:50 PM

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.

rugger 06-11-2010 03:06 PM

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

Damn: I just noticed my sig.....I need a summer pic!

thagr81 us 06-11-2010 03:20 PM


Originally Posted by rugger (Post 587181)
Pull them off by hand or your man card will be revoked. Or, you could get your sister to do it for you.:fawk:

This!


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