what about using antiseize compound on these joints?
Dave Gebhard
1977 Spitfire 1500 FM60984U
----- Original Message -----
From: Nolan Penney <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>; <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: Pulling apart rusted exhausts and how to prevent
> My personal preferred method is to use my 4.5 angle grinder and a
> cutting wheel. I carefully cut a double slice in the outer pipe. Then
> I use a chisel and hammer to bend it away and slip the piece off. If
> I'm careful and lucky, I can ru-use the cut piece.
>
> I have seen at the car shows a $40 exhaust pipe puller-a-parter
> thingie. Have no idea what the real name of it is, or how well it
> actually works. It's essentially a pair of super duty pipe clamps with
> threaded rods joining them. The idea is you place the clamps on
> opposite pipes of the joint you want to separate, and then using the
> threaded rods force them apart.
>
> As for preventing rust, I've painted exhaust systems with various
> paints with moderate success over the years. Much of the exhaust is too
> cool to cure a high temperature paint. However, at bends like going
> over the axle, the pipe gets much hotter and will burn off regular
> paints. Next painting try (next month in fact) will be with some cold
> galvanization coating.
>
> >>> "James Carruthers" <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk> 10/29/02 01:40PM >>>
> Hi Listers,
>
>
> What is the typical method of pulling a rusted intermediate pipe from
> a
> silencer?
>
> I had a quick go at trying to remove it this afternoon - but it seems
> quite
> well stuck.
>
> The next one to go on will be mild steel again - is there anything I
> can do to
> stop, or at least slow the rust down?
>
> I only fitted the silencer last christmas, from now on I vow only to
> buiy
> stainless steel....
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