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I have a 2008 V6 limited. Bought the TRD exhaust from a local dealership that price-matched to an online retailer.
Installation is pretty straightforward. I had to cut the pipe near the rear axle due to the bolts being frozen with rust. Ruining a sawzall blade in the process. Cursing the whole time.
Everything got put together, double checked my work, went for a test drive.
Heard what sounded like an exhaust leak. Sure enough, there was a leak between the flange for the cat-back and the existing y-pipe. I grabbed my torque wrench to recheck the tightness. I proceeded to wrench on one of the bolts and the SOB sheared right off! Now I have an even bigger leak. My thinking is an exhaust shop could just weld the flanges together. Would there be any benefit to drilling out the sheared bolt, rethreading, and installing a new bolt? I think that might leave me back where I started, with a leak between the flanges.
Thoughts?
Installation is pretty straightforward. I had to cut the pipe near the rear axle due to the bolts being frozen with rust. Ruining a sawzall blade in the process. Cursing the whole time.
Everything got put together, double checked my work, went for a test drive.
Heard what sounded like an exhaust leak. Sure enough, there was a leak between the flange for the cat-back and the existing y-pipe. I grabbed my torque wrench to recheck the tightness. I proceeded to wrench on one of the bolts and the SOB sheared right off! Now I have an even bigger leak. My thinking is an exhaust shop could just weld the flanges together. Would there be any benefit to drilling out the sheared bolt, rethreading, and installing a new bolt? I think that might leave me back where I started, with a leak between the flanges.
Thoughts?
