I was wondering if anyone knows any good tips and tricks to unscrew REALLY tight bolts on my TC.

 

breaker bar

 

Or impact gun

 

Goto the gym more....j/k. Try to get as much leverage as possible with a breaker bar or slide a long pipe over the handle. If it's rusted, WD-40.

 

If they are not lug nuts....... try a little heat from a propane torch....

 

lets just hope this isnt the case because a new car like the tC shouldnt be rusting solid.

 

If its for the rear suspension and the front just get a breaker bar and take another bar add on to it....

 

Its actually for the sheild on the stock headers. I don't know If I have cheap tools or I am doing something wrong, two of them on the bottom part just won't come loose!

 

industrial strength PB Blaster!!!!!!! i believe you could shove a softball through a keyhole with this stuff!!!!

 

just use some wd 40, it always helps to loosen up things

 

Liquid Wrench is also good for loosening tight bolts.

 

Thanks for the advice!!! I know that sound like a really stupid question though!

 

Make sure you hold on to that heat shield in case you ever need to put your stock manifold back on. I didn't have a socket extender for the first O2 sensor and had to cut it off to get to it! I felt pretty stupid after that and called the dealer for a replacement, and they quoted me at $85 for a freaking UGLY ___ piece of aluminum. So lame...

 

any opinoins on getting the bolt off near the alternator and the o2 sensors

 

shouldn't you take the O2 sensor off after you take the manifold out? Anyways just use wd40 if you have some trouble, I only used that for the O2 sensors though!

 

When I was installing my springs, the 19mm bolts in the front weren't budging with my regular socket wrench. I was literally lifting the car off the ground/jackstands. I had to use a friend's breaker bar in order to get the leverage to loosen them up.

 

Breaker bar and WD-40 will always do the trick.......

 

so what you guys are saying is, a breaker bar?? is this correct? or am i hearing things...

 

Check my post again, I didn't have the socket extender to take the O2 sensor out of the manifold. Without taking it off, the heat shield would not come off because it was hitting the bottom of the O2 sensor's reader body. So to even get to the stock manifold bolts, I had to do something with the heat shield which unfortunately meant cutting it off with aviary snips and a lot of prying.

 

to take the heat sheild off with the o2 sensor still in the header all you do is un plug it and feed the wire through the hole