Good grief!! Could someone lend me some help and advice on how to get one of these rubber exhaust mounts removed?
The one I am struggling with is the upper right hand one. I have a new, replacement bracket to go in as the small crack that was developing in the original bracket has gotten steadily bigger. I got the bolts undone, but can't seem to slide this rubber mount off the peg/stud attached to the muffler.
Here is a pic of what I'm dealing with:
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It needs to go to the left, but wants to go to the right (which doesn't help). You can probably imagine that there is not a lot of wiggle room to get a good grip on this thing as it is. So I'm not having a lot of luck using brute strength. What's the smarter way to get this mount off?
It looks like this when new: http://store.delorean.com/p-6474-rub...ust-mount.aspx
I have the new bracket, but not a new rubber exhaust mount. I expect to need to place an order for one though as I'm not likely going to want to reinstall the one I have after finally getting it off.
Can you see the little metal sleeve sort of thing around the muffler peg? Is that supposed to be inside the rubber mount? Like the portion that goes on the peg and then the rubber is between that and the outer metal ring that bolts to the actual muffler bracket? Mine is "accordianing" (is that even a word??) and coming apart. Thing is though, I can't get the metal sleeve to rotate and nor does the rubber portion itself either. When I get a grip on the mount, what spins (reluctantly) is the metal ring, but it's not turning the rubber much. Seems like that is the part that is sort of frozen to the muffler peg.
Any advice or suggestions? Thanks!!