This might be a stupid question, but I am curious how many have had trouble getting the bolts loose on their turbo/exhaust down pipe mount. Looking at mine I would not be shocked if they have not been loosened since the truck new. I did shoot a bunch of WD-40 on them tonight and will do so again tomorrow morning. I didnt know if some one had a trick on getting them loose with out snapping them off.

 

are you ttalking about the bolts that conect the exhaust elbow to the downpipe or the v-band clamp that conects the elbow to the turbo exhaust housing?

 

Step up from WD40... Go get you some PB Blaster! Soak them good a day before and then about an hour before and take em out!

 

x2 you need PB blaster. I never gave into people saying that crap works, but unfortunately for my reasoning skills it does work THAT well.

Spray it the night before, the morning of, and an hour before you try to get them off and you shouldn't break any off.

 

Thanx for the input, I did soak everything with WD-40 last night about 3 x and again this morning. Once I had the pipe out from under the truck I was able to break the bolts free easily. BUT I decided to loosen the V-Clamp and take the pipe loose that way. I ended up breaking the bolt on that clamp. I even had sprayed it too. So now I am waiting to get a new one tomorrow. The nearest Dodge dealership that had one in stock was 3-4 hours away. I checked with all the local semi dealers as well and basically no luck either. So I ended up ordering thru the local Sterling dealer and should be in tomorrow.

 

Step up from PB Blaster - KROIL!!

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WD-40 is useless.

 

Kroil all the way baby........use it daily at work and its the best

 

I use a lot of BG In-Force at work and its amazing stuff

 

I have yet to use Kroil but everything I've heard is that it's better than PB Blaster, I don't know how. In a pinch, PB Blaster is available at any auto parts store. WD40 works almost as well as a urine/salt water mix.

 

We use a shitload of PB Blaster in the mill i work in...dont know how Kroil could be better!