Need some tips on removal. All clamps have been loosened, and it's the slip-on type. Trying to cut it off with hacksaw, yields no results. Also, how does that AIR tube come off?

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--Steve S--
1984 Trans Am 305 LG4, 5 speed
Daily Driver, Flowmaster 80 Series

 

 

Yeah, let's give a novice a torch next to some nice rubberized undercoating and a rare ground effect.....

There is no 'easy' or 'quick' way to get it off that you're looking for. You need to cut it off on the car or drop the Y-pipe and cat then cut it off. You can use power tools such as a sawzall. You can make it look stock with no sleeves if you cut a small sliver of the outer tube off (enough to rid yourself of the rust and spot weld) and then the other half will slide right off then you can clamp it without the sleeve.

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1984 WS6 Trans Am Hartop
Former L69 Car under restoration
1984 Trans Am T-tops
4-bolt main 350, performer intake, headers, Holley 650, T-5, hayes clutch, dual elec. fans and 3.23's.
Daily driver and restoration
13.98 @ 101

 

ODB's way, or get a disc cutoff tool, cut a slice down the cat's pipe, and then open up a nice gap with a metal chisel or -gasp- a screwdriver.

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"Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be “too clever by half.” The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters."

John Major

 

Ah yes. For avioding dropping the Y-pipe the slice on the pipe is an easy way. That one totally slipped my mind.

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1984 WS6 Trans Am Hartop
Former L69 Car under restoration
1984 Trans Am T-tops
4-bolt main 350, performer intake, headers, Holley 650, T-5, hayes clutch, dual elec. fans and 3.23's.
Daily driver and restoration
13.98 @ 101

 

I removed one before with a pneumatic hammer. It split it open like butter.