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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: captin_urbis on 09 January 2011, 16:07

Title: exhaust c clamps - manifold/ downpipe
Post by: captin_urbis on 09 January 2011, 16:07

i have taken off the manifold from the down pipe. there was 2 C clamps holding them together. i have no  idea how to put em  back on, yes i no you can get a tool for it but taken a look and it was $75 from US.

i have used search function and cannot find a solution.

i may just have to go to dealers and ask them. i dont particularly want to do this as i cannot test the work i have done (head gasket) let alone bleed up the coolant etc.

anybody got any ideas on how to open the clamps by about half inch?

thanks guys.

Title: Re: exhaust c clamps - manifold/ downpipe
Post by: danny_p on 09 January 2011, 17:35

rops round them and pull it with a crowbar leaveing off the subframe works  but needs 2 people. 

other than that you have to make a tool to wind them out.

Title: Re: exhaust c clamps - manifold/ downpipe
Post by: rubjonny on 10 January 2011, 11:54

use an exhaust C clamp:
(http://vwtech.no-ip.info/images/golf/clampspreader.jpg)

Title: Re: exhaust c clamps - manifold/ downpipe
Post by: captin_urbis on 10 January 2011, 15:49

you are the worlds most simplest genius! thank you very much!!


just to let you know, i tried VW, kwikfit and a local garage who deal with alot of older vdubs...none had a clue what i was talking about, not even when i showed them!

Title: Re: exhaust c clamps - manifold/ downpipe
Post by: rubjonny on 10 January 2011, 16:24

cant take credit for that idea, i read it on cgti years and years ago. cant even take credit for the pic, i nicked it from someone else  :grin:
my original picture i used to show people was knocked up in mspaint  :cool:

Title: Re: exhaust c clamps - manifold/ downpipe
Post by: dan7 on 10 January 2011, 19:14

http://secure.gsfcarparts.com/shop/results.asp
Look at the bottom four items ;)