Exhaust down pipe will NOT come loose!

[Ttiger]

I'm doing a clutch on my '85 Turbo and I can't get the exhaust pipe disconnected from the turbo. I've taken off the 3 bolts holding the triangle shaped retaining collar but the pipe won't budge! I've tried jacking it up, pulling side-to-side and spraying it with PB Blaster.

It looks like someone else had the same problem, They left the flange in and welded a pipe back on an inch or so below it. I may have to cut it off.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

[RogerZ]

Put the torch to it. then whack it with an air hammer. then bounce a four foot piece of 4x4 off it a couple times. that worked for me. it is sort of a ball joint that gets really rusted together. Happened on my zx's also the heat plus rattling it with the air hammer all around busted the rust.

[Ttiger]

Yeah, it happened to my 280 ZXT and I ended up pulling the motor with the pipe attached (that was fun!). I tried torching it and levering it with a floor jack handle shoved in the end of the pipe. No luck. I may have to cut it off as I need to get the trans out and can't do that with the pipe there.

[7277]

get a bigger hammer...