Home replacement of exhaust. How hard is it?

[tigerpb]

FYI Part Numbers Ranger post CAT pipe.

Advance auto has the bolt kits, $12 p/n 36129. the gasket is p/n 60641, $6

 

[MAKG]

And you tighten them to something like 20 ft lbs. After coating with Nev-R-Seez, of course.

You're not torquing (much) against the springs. The bolts will "bottom."

You might want to just retorque yours first. They may just be loose....

 

[grey ghost]

i'd call a few parts stores first. the dealer is your " last resort" ,most dealers are all overpriced and not worth the extra money if an auto parts store has them for a third of the price in many cases.

 

[crawlin91]

the cat shield rattled on mine I just used a bit of left over rtv on it

 

[tigerpb]

Retorque

And you tighten them to something like 20 ft lbs. After coating with Nev-R-Seez, of course.

You're not torquing (much) against the springs. The bolts will "bottom."

You might want to just retorque yours first. They may just be loose....

The only thing that taking a wrench to the old bolts will do is to snap them! They're mostly iron oxide now.
Thanks for the tip on tightening the new bolts.

 

[tigerpb]

Got the parts, ready to go!

Picked up the spring bolts and gasket at Autozone.
I'll have a wack at it tomorrow. I plan on cutting out the old bolts because they're junk anyway.

One concern: After the bolts are off, is there enough room to pull the pipe and gasket out of the cat pipe without having to unbolt the muffler etc.? By this I mean will it just swing back and clear without having to take anything else apart?

 

[smokey]

It should separate with more than enough room without further disassembly.