Video suggestion – deal with exhaust bolts/studs

[Michele Pensotti]

Hi Eric!

I was wondering, some time ago I saw one of your videos and in that video , while fastening (or unfastening? I don’t remember) a rusty exhaust bolt/stud it came apart.

You actually cut that part of the video away, and when you came back it was fixed.

I imagine in that cut away part of the video you were swearing and cursing a log 😉

However I think it would be a nice 101 video on how to deal with a broken exhaust stud/bolt.

Hope this sparks some ideas for you!

Live long and prosper ( and stay dirty of course! )

10nico

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[EricTheCarGuy]

[Michele Pensotti]

Hi Eric and thank you for your quick answer! 🙂

However , even though re-watching the video on the “red wrench” is always useful and also funny (“Be a man, ever if you’re a woman, be a man!” 😆 ) , I really meant how to do when you’ve gone over the hill and have already broken a stud or bolt out of the exhaust flange.

And I mean exactly like in the video (took me 3 hours to find but at last I’ve found it 🙂 ) about the 2004 Toyota 4Runner Transmission Fluid and Filter Change (part 2).
At 9:54 it happens
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv8BwggCfuQ[/video]

Do you remember when you were tightening one of the nuts and the stud broke away and you said “@#%!!” and then came back one hour later saying how you fixed it?

But I was very very interested to actually see how you did take out the studs and replaced these with bolts (what kind of bolts, were they special bolts or just standard bolts?).

Also, about the most feared “spring bolts” you mentioned in some other honda/acura video (it was a civic if I remember correctly), where can they be found?
Are they generic or brand/model specific?

Hope this is useful in some way! 😉

Live long and prosper (and stay dirty!)

10nico

[EricTheCarGuy]

You might re-watch the video because I did state that I ended up replacing the studs with bolts in the end to do that repair. As for how to deal with those situations I do have a video planned on dealing with broken fasteners but it’s really a matter of dealing with the situation at hand as they come up. I didn’t shoot video on the repair of that particular vehicle because it was 1am and I wanted to get home.

You can find those spring bolts at the auto parts store, they are available and not difficult to find in my experience. I prefer the Honda bolts however as they work and fit much better in my experience.

[Michele Pensotti]

I half hoped you did actually shoot that part of the video, but well, no problem, I completely understand this is the kind of repair that you cannot plan ahead time because when it happens, happens , and as per murphy’s laws it will indeed happen at the worst possible time.

I’m sorry you went home late that night Eric, I’m really are, I know the feeling (happens with computers too! 😉 )

Live long and prosper man! (and stay dirty!)

10nico

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