Replaced the Cat and everything behind it on my '97 ZJ 5.2 and it got a lot quieter for about a week, then started getting progressively louder.
Got under it today with a light and found out why .
The bolt I can see easily is rusted down to practically nothing and the clamp itself looks like it's completely severed.
So, any sage advice on the least painful way to proceed?
Or is this one where the best option is to find a good exhaust shop and let them worry about it?
It looks like the bolt is secured by a nut on the other side of the manifold rather than being threaded into the manifold. Is that correct? If so am I just as well off to go ahead and cut the bolts off and drive them out? Or are they threaded in and have to be turned out?
I've found does that look like a good approach?