Chris,

I use a dremel tool with cutting disks to cut the nut in half. It can then
be pried off with a screwdriver. You'll probably break a few disks but, at
$8 for 30 of them, who cares.

Wear Saftey Glasses!  I have been hit in the forhead by half of a broken
disk and it was quite painful, but nothing compared to what it might have
done to my eye.

Miguel

on 7/24/01 11:52 PM, '80 Westy Pokey at pokey@VANAGON.ORG wrote:

> My muffler has separated from my exhaust pipe, but all the parts appear fine
> so I only need undo the clamp and reinsert the muffler. The problem is the
> nuts are rusted to the bolts on the clamp.
>
> The clamp I have to remove is like two "C"'s put together. It is on Bentley
> 26.2 between the straight pipe and the muffler.
>
> I bought a new clamp to replace the rusted one actually I bought three because
> I was not sure of the size. They are slightly different than the one that is
> on there now, as they only connect on one side (more like a single "C". The
> part numbers are:
>
> 45.5mm 191 253 143 P
> 49.5mm 165 253 143
> 54.5mm 191 253 143 N
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Gronski
> '80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY
> '87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer
> '91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertable
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--
Miguel