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What size hammer did you use to pound them out? I'm worried about damaging the cat flange or even the manifold.
The pic below is the mid to Y-pipe connection, but the Y to cats were about the same.
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gonna sound cheesy but i used whatever 16 or 20oz claw hammer i had sitting around and could swing under the car on stands. i just lightly tweaked one side of the cat flange but just banged it back after the stud was out. i didn't know any better so i wasn't really scared before i started trying to pound them out. i couldn't back up the flange with anything so that's about the only choice i had other than paying somebody to do it.
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I used the a Harbor Freight ball joint separator to get those studs out. Cut the nut off and leave a good amount of the stud still on. Then you put the arm against the stud and the u portion between the head of the stud. They'll pop out and sound like a gun. After trying for awhile with various other methods, I gave this a shot and once I got it the first time; I got the other three out in 5 minutes.
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I used the a Harbor Freight ball joint separator to get those studs out. Cut the nut off and leave a good amount of the stud still on. Then you put the arm against the stud and the u portion between the head of the stud. They'll pop out and sound like a gun. After trying for awhile with various other methods, I gave this a shot and once I got it the first time; I got the other three out in 5 minutes.
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I used the a Harbor Freight ball joint separator to get those studs out. Cut the nut off and leave a good amount of the stud still on. Then you put the arm against the stud and the u portion between the head of the stud. They'll pop out and sound like a gun. After trying for awhile with various other methods, I gave this a shot and once I got it the first time; I got the other three out in 5 minutes.
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Thanks guys for all the feedback. Sorry for the late reply. So after countless hours I finally got it out. I had to result in getting a cutoff tool from amazon for 20 bucks and a pack of blades for 7 more. Now its on to installing the new one. Got it from FRsport.com for 80 bucks. Hopefully it'll be worth it. Made by Manzo (I never heard of them lol).
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