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Getting cat studs drilled out in the Dundee area?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:23 pm
by Scottd
I'm fed up having to practically remove the back box just to take off the cat. I tried drilling out the cat's studs myself and barely made a dent
So I need a small friendly engineering company or similar. I'd give Stu a shout but he isn't near and don't know if I'd want to bother him with it.
cheers
scott
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:39 pm
by Scottd
P.S. the cars just too fekin quiet at the minute, so quiet I've actually tuned the radio in because I can hear it again
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:39 pm
by woody
Big hammer and bash them out - they're just push fitted studs as far as I remember. I have bolts etc... for re-fitting, but I'm a bit far away?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:43 pm
by fd
concur on the hammer, you'll also need a large and heavy vice/something to work on and probably a blowlamp to get everything nice and hot to make things easier . . .
drilling them out is difficult because the steel the bolts are made from is quite hard . . .
Fd
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:56 am
by Rich H
Big socket and a big vice and push them out?
Ask Lawrence nicely if you can use his press?
Get a bigger hammer?
Be careful hammering the cat, mine disintegrated and spat out its catalyst (Still passed it's MOT though thanks to a blind, sympathetic MOT man)
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:42 pm
by Dicey
I used Agra Engineering to get this done, they made a good job. I think it was also a bit more involved than they first thought, ie. the studs were REALLY tight.
http://www.agraengineering.co.uk/contact.html
Mike.
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:45 pm
by Scottd
woody wrote:Big hammer and bash them out - they're just push fitted studs as far as I remember. I have bolts etc... for re-fitting, but I'm a bit far away?
Like Rich says I don't want to damage the insides of the CAT. I'm hoping taking it off will help preserve it not fek it
fd wrote:
drilling them out is difficult because the steel the bolts are made from is quite hard . . .
Fd
Yup, tried that, impossible with the drills I have access to
RICHARDHUMBLE wrote:
Ask Lawrence nicely if you can use his press?
A bit far anyways but a press might be the way to go.
Dicey wrote:I used Agra Engineering to get this done, they made a good job. I think it was also a bit more involved than they first thought, ie. the studs were REALLY tight.
http://www.agraengineering.co.uk/contact.html
Mike.
Nice one, I'll give them a call an see wot they say, cheers!
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:12 am
by Dicey
Forgot to mention, Agra pressed them out. Cat works perfectly.
Mike.