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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 12:02 AM
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Easy exhaust question

I'm doing my first ever exhaust project (headers, Cat, and Cat-back).

Vehicle (if it matters): 89 F250, 460/7.5, 4x4.

How do I get the old exhaust out of those cotton-pick'n rubber hanger assemblies?

I've pushed, pulled, wiggled, etc to I was blue in the face.
There has to be some 'obvious' way to do it easily that I can't think of.

Maybe I've been breathing in too much PB fumes?
 
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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 05:26 AM
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Try unbloting them from the frame and fussing with them off the truck. It may be easier that way.
 
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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 05:44 AM
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torch em' thts what i do cuz the new muffler kit will probably come with some that will either already be or will need to be welded on the new muffler anyway. So i always just cut mine with a angle grinder.
 
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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 10:25 AM
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Pry open the rubber with a screwdriver and squirt a little WD-40 in there.
 
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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 02:09 PM
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I torch mine out too. Nice and fast solution.
 
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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 04:01 PM
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I didn't have much trouble with spraying them with WD-40 and wiggling them off. I used the WD because it evaporates.
 
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