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On 15 Sep 2004 at 16:31, Gamboa, Gary wrote: > >They are usually rusted solidly in place > Both the muffler and HE's are off the car. They're not rusted. > It seems like only the flare tip on the muffler is holding > it on. Like I said, the HE's swivel easily. I am going to > have these sand blasted. I guess I can leave them joined > while blasting and install together when I need to replace > what's on my car now. I was just curious about how they come > apart. There's a male threaded "nut" on the muffler that screws into a female socket in the HE. It's those threads that rust solid. It doesn't matter whether the junction is loose or tight, the threads probably won't ever come loose until you are ready to destroy the muffler. Hopefully that will be a long time from now. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~