All right, four Chicago winters leave lots of rust on the stock bolts where the piping bolts to the cat. Apparently, all "nice" tools (Liquid wrench, lots of torque, etc.) are not enough...but before I wreck the bolts, I need to know...
The flange on the pipe is obviously threaded, since there's no nut on the end of the bolt. Does anyone know if the flange on the cat is threaded as well? Can I just cut the heads off the bolts and slide the pipe towards the back of the car? If the flange is threaded too, that won't work cuz then I'll have an impossible-to-turn headless screw attaching the two pieces together. I could just then drill that out, of course.
Anyway, y'all know what I'm getting at. I just want to make sure before I wreck the heads of those bolts. Hopefully someone else had similar trouble...
Thanks...
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