Bernie
1) big hammer is all that comes to mind for this
problem. 2) Find a freind with an air compressor
and air rachet wrench. If it has some torque to
it then it should be able to remove the bolts
easily. If you find there are not the fine
thread ones then replace them and use Locite.
Dale
--- Bernie <bernd.vabeach@erols.com> wrote:
> Once again I'm coming to the list for advice,
> this is my dilemma, having
> obtained a differential from a friend of mine I
> was all ready to "just" take
> my installed differential out of the car and
> pop the new one in, I jacked up
> the car, crawled underneath and it hit me like
> a ton of bricks, the just
> popping the old one out and the new one in is a
> figment of my imagination,
> nothing is easy, I noticed that my Monza
> exhaust system interferes with the
> straight forward dropping of the differential,
> so how to remove it?, I see
> where the break in the pipes of the exhaust
> system are ( about mid way under
> the car) but since the exhaust system has been
> installed for ages it is pretty
> well rusted( fused together) any ideas of how
> to separate the pipes without
> destroying the whole exhaust system?, also I
> noticed that removing the bolts
> from the half shaft ( the four bolts on each
> side of the differential and the
> four by the driveshaft) are rusted in, I
> finally managed to get one of the
> bolts loose but still haven't been able to get
> the nut completely off, my
> strength gave out before the nut came off, I
> sprayed some Liquid wrench on
> them (the bolt's) and will try to remove them
> again during the week, any
> tricks to getting them off, sooooooo after all
> this rambling it comes down to
> 1. how do I separate the exhaust pipes and 2
> is there a trick to removing the
> bolt's so the differential can be dropped down,
> as always thanks to all in
> advance for all your collective help and
advice.
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Dale Morgan
Chesapeake Va.
1974 TR-6 CF 17477U
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