Re: Exhaust System Bolts

[Ralph Moorhouse <ralphmo@domain.elided>]

I've used the 'infamous' antisieze on exhaust clamp bolts (& pipe 
connections) with great success - exhausts have come apart easily several 
years later!

FWIW

Ralph Houston, TX

At 05:22 PM 08/10/1999 -0400, Fred Schwab wrote:

>     What's a good type of bolt and nut to use on an exhaust system
>(mufflers, specifically) if you want to have some realistic expectation of
>unscrewing the bolt at some later date, after rust has set in?  Stainless
>steel perhaps?  Or is it good to use low-grade steel that would be easy to
>shear off or chisel off after it's rusted.  I've already got some 8-mm
>grade eight bolts (medium carbon, alloy steel, quenched and tempered) plus
>bronze nuts, but was wondering if something else would be a better choice.
>
>      You must be wondering why I have time to think about something so
>mundane.  The reason I have time to think about this is that I've already
>torn off the old mufflers, center and rear, from my Alfa Spider and
>purchased two new ones from the local Alfa parts supplier - who, alas,
>didn't have the 3-hole flange gasket (or new rubber hangers, either) in
>stock.  So now I'm waiting on a mail-order shipment of the other items
>from another source.
>
>                                   Fred Schwab (fschwab@domain.elided)
>                                   Charlottesville, VA
>
>

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