Anybody know the best way to remove the cats. I have some Berks i just got and they give instructions, but it's not that easy. Me and my motorhead buddy were stumped when we got the car up and have no room to work up by the manifolds. Any pointers? Thanks.

 

the bolts need to be removed from the top of the cats through the engine bay, you need about 2ft of extensions to reach them.

 

yeah what he said, ive done it 4 times so far and its a PITA

 

yup. Take 2 off from underneath the car reaching your hand up. And the last one you need like a super giant extension from the top through the engine bay.

 

I did mine from the bottom. Busted every knuckle and scratched my arms all up get an extention!

 

Welcome. Workspace is tight. I recommend that you spray all hardware with penetrating fluid the night before.

 

Also you will need this.

 

I paid 100 bucks to have mine done I didnt want to mess with them. The guy did it with the car up on a lift. He had an air tool that swiveled. It took him about 30 minutes for both.

 

thanks guys!!!! I will try again this weekend and let you know how it goes if i can get some extensions. appreciate the help! it's always good to know fellow z's will help!

 

Do all mine front below with extentions and universals , swivel sockets also help.

 

+1 thats the only way i know how to do them...but that extention trick seems like it would work better..especially with all these all *** rusty bolts that you have to deal with...have a stripper kit handy too..might need it

 

OP what year is your car? The HR's have to be done from the front, mine sucked ***. Never done the De's

 

wobble extensions are nice.....they have tappered tips so the sockets, or more extensions can pivot (wobble) a bit.

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-J

 

it's an 03 track...and yeah the bolts are pretty orange....it was a bia$^# just trying to break them loose...

 

Those definitely help.

These are nice too:

 

thanx...i'll see if i can get the car up again this weekend and try all the new ideas...one of these ideas has got to make it easier!

 

Penetrating oil, air tools, and swivel sockets. I'm amazing so many have actually broken loose the corroded nuts with hand tools. I would have thought many would strip the nuts. They're not torqued on tightly, but after years of heat cycling and rust, they're probably on their with twice the spec torque

 

Thick gloves, man. They'll scratch the **** out of you.

 

Ditto! I had GRD do it. Even though they did an excellent job, if I had the right tools at the time I would've done it myself

 

they do not need to be done from the top of the engine bay, i have done these 3 times and from under the car every time with a breaker bar, deep 14, a wrench and a bar to put on the breaker bar when needed for extra leverage...easy job!! hardest part is finding the right angles to get to everything on the driver side around the steering stem