sean_thao

Hey there. I am frustrated with the two bolts that I am trying to take off on my exhaust system. Im putting a Borla catback system on and cannot take these two bolts off. They are extremely rusty. Literally, it looks like one whole piece. It doesnt even look like a bolt anymore, thats how rusty it is. Ive tried socket wrenches, wrenches, vise grips, wd40 and all that good stuff. Still no luck. Just stripping the bolt thats about it. Any tips on how to get that darn thing off?

904_runner

maybe some kind of

rdlsz24

Where are the bolts? Are you able to cut them off?

Rob

tc

PB Blaster and time.

If you're spinning the bolt and it's not coming out, hopefully you just need to hold the nut on the other side otherwise you're looking at not much way around it ...

georgiayota

get a sawzall or grinder cut them off and just put new bolts back on

eric-the-red

X2, if they're that rusty you won't be able to reuse them anyway.

sean_thao

there hooked up to the cataylic convertor

zlathim

Grind them or cut them off. They are useless anyway.

Ohio4R

Drill off the bolt head.

eyw

I've had good luck with Craftsman Bolt-Out sockets to get out rusty bolts.

Believe me, I have some pretty rusty bolts:

94Runner4x4

wow, you have more rust than me, i thought i knew a little something about rust, but you take the cake!....
just cut em off that's what i do with any bolt stopping me now, and i just replace them with fresh nice bolts.

georgiayota

that's why i'm glad we don't get none of yalls snow

tc

eyw - 15 yrs of Ohio salt certainly takes a toll doesn't it! Yours is even worse than mine!

shancerlelby

haha wow yea those are some rusty rigs. Seems like gold ones rust out faster or am i crazy? anyways you could try the heat wrench "torch" and get the bolts glowing red then try to turn em. careful tho. if its only the cat tho i'd chop it off and get rid of the pos stock cat anyways.

CJM

Torch..

Or cut them off.

neilan

dam those are some rusty rigs. my 87 runner and 81 pickup dont even have surface rust...but i live in washington where toyota are virgins and cheap and easy to find...