jimmyfoxx

well im trying to take it out with out cutting it and i unbolted the shocks. lowered the crossmember but it wont go down far enough to slide it out. do i got to take of the brake lines?

Omega_5

Cut the effin thing.

jimmyfoxx

i dont got a sawsall or anything like that plus im swapping it with some one else

Dayta

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cut it

steddy2112

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Hacksaw...it will take you ten minutes.

ls1fbody

you have to cut it to get it out. plain and simple.

steddy2112

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No you don't.

You can lower the rear axle out

ls1fbody

haha, well, if you must. i have the feeling he doesn't want to go that far.

jimmyfoxx

well i know people have done it before. and like i said i dont want to cut it. i just need the crossmember to be lower just a little bit more and i can wiggle it out

chris88z24

Dude just cut the goddamn thing. Work smart, not hard. If you need to use it right away just go out and buy a 2-1/4 band clamp until you can get it re-welded. Hell i'm not even going to bother getting mine rewelded. I've been rocking the clamp and it is just fine.

steddy2112

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ls1fbody

thanks steddy.

reading > me

jimmyfoxx

would a clamp seal good enough?

theneelster

Um...taking it out in 1 piece seems impossible...cut it at the axle back.

ecotecon18s

cut it somewhere with a small straight section, get another small piece of exhaust pipe and 2 clamps and be done with it.

blu3_v1p3r

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no i had a clamp on mine and it sounded like **** because it was leaking...

infernica

Apparently half this thread completely ignored what the guy said about not wanting to cut it. He's not going to cut it. He's swapping it with someone.

Reading > Those who said cut it

lewisb13

OK timeout. Do you have the car on jackstands or on those ramp things?

chris88z24

A clamp seals perfectly fine if you do it right. At least until you can get it welded if you must be OCD about it.

shutzero

ya it needs to be on jackstands...with both wheels off and both struts unbolted to lower the axle enough to get the exhaust out

thatotherguy

CUT IT!!! then weld it if your swaping it out

qwikredline

no problem drop the twisting beam thats all

blu3_v1p3r

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Good luck passing NY state inspection with a clamp on your exhaust... Next time you get it inspected its going to fail for exhaust leak.... trust me it happened to me when I had my CRX in NY, andit also happened here in VA with the balt when I clamped my exhaust, but yes it is a great temporay fix...

Also to the op if you do end up having to cut it... It will cost you $10 bucks to get it weled at damn near any exhaust shop

theneelster

Nah...he wants it out in 1 piece so let him struggle with it.

jimmyfoxx

haha i ****** cut that bitch off.. if i could jack my car like 2 -4 inches higher i could of got it out in one piece. just needed the cross member to go down like one inch.