Next time soak it and use a breaker bar to loosen it a bit, then tighten it back up a lil and loosen it up again to sort of break up some rust. Sometimes you have to work it in and out until it finally frees up easily

 

well i dont know what the flanges look like on a pre 07 Z, but an extension wont do you any good on mine... The socket had to have a right length extentsion to give it enough room to wiggle around. If it was too long, it wouldnt be able to get onto the bolt.

 

you guys just dont know all the tricks, we can get those things off so fast...


hehehe

 

Yeah thats a good idea. Im just a little annoyed about how it turned out.

 

pfft well i cant afford a fancy impact wrench, compressor, and convenient tools a shop has....

And im no expert mechanic/tuner/engine builder either...im just a DIY type of guy.

but care to share some of those "tricks" to go along with some of the advice others have said?

 

Leave it to Jeremy to figure it out!

 

I guess so, ocnsidering he pulled out the first 07 TT Z...

DO want.

 

+100000000000000000000000....this makes it very very easy

 

again, i was using a breaker bar.

 

So the bolts off, whats the problem?
+1 on PB

I installed my exhaust with an impact wrench

I LOVE POWER TOOLS

 

sure the bolts off.....half of it at least. The other half of the threads are still stuck. I do not have the necessary tools to get it out. If it came out, i woudlnt have worried and just went out and got a new one to replace it with.

I still wish i had an impact wrench...everything would be easier.

I HATE MANUAL TOOLS

 

you need a 4 foot extension, then get it from the top... with an air gun.

 

LOL I had a 2' and got it from the top.. no air gun

 

wow...a 4 foot extension? never thought of entry from that angle (hold the jokes).

I'll have to take a look at that and see if it would work.

Jeremy, can you confrim if that would work through an 07+'s engine bay?

 

...... that's what she said.

 

im pretty sure i have hit it from that angle before....

 

grow up garrett.





but i lol'd

 

you know how many times you pulled a joke like that this afternoon??

me-"Alex the wrench is too big, it won't fit"
you- "That's what she said."

what the hell were you doing with that wrench Alex?!

 

forget the wd-40.

ur supposed to torch the *****. then it comes off like wa-lah

 

+1 exactly what i did.