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Exhaust Pipe Flange Studs

   
Old May 6, 2019 | 08:37 PM
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I like hints like that....!!!!
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Old May 7, 2019 | 10:01 AM
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I wonder how much the Kent-Moore tool is. They won't install without a stud tool.
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Old May 7, 2019 | 12:06 PM
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Not just an external torx socket?
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Old May 7, 2019 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by RJ_RS_SS_350
Not just an external torx socket?
That's what I used...
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Old May 8, 2019 | 04:07 PM
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Can't you just double nut on the stud and install it ?
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Old May 8, 2019 | 05:50 PM
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The real problem is getting the old ones out after you twist the reverse torx off. The threads are tight.
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Old May 8, 2019 | 10:26 PM
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The real problem is getting the old ones out after you twist the reverse torx off. The threads are tight.
This is true, I recently did exactly this. Had to pay a muffler shop $80 to remove the broken stud.
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