At 04:39 PM 6/28/2009, Jeff Hartman wrote: >disintegrate leaving the harder stud in tact, nice shiny welds around the >perimeter of the stud appeared directly welding it to the exhaust flange and >bracket for the heat shield. My first thought is use Dremel cutoff wheel (with right-angle adapter or flex-drive?) to cut the studs off flush and remove the exhaust. Then weld or braze a nut to them so you can turn them out. Not much fun.
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