I just bought a cb7 and noticed it was leaking oil I bought a new oil pan gasket and realized that the aftermarket exhaust was in the way so after 3 hrs of trying to get the 3 bolts out of the exhaust to separate it from the exhaust manifold I was stumped I managed to get the 2 back one out but couldn't get the back one out to save my life idk how they even got it on there I couldn't find a way to reach it so I tried to replace it without dropping the exhaust (witch I highly don't recommend) after about 6 hrs or work I thought I managed to get it on there but I couldn't clean the surface where the gasket goes but after getting it put back together It was leaking worse idk if it's from not cleaning the surface or from tightening the bolts to tight I'm stumped and really don't have the $300 it's gonna cost to put it in the shop someone please give me some kind of advice on how to get it out or how to work around around

 

Did you spray the exhaust bolts with penetrating oil/pb blaster overnight? It helps a lot!

I can't speak specifically to cb7 since im a CD guy, but i know exhaust bolts on any vehicle are difficult, and sometimes you even have to cut the bolts off and replace them with new ones just to get them off.

 

[QUOTE=nicolaselias;52558098]Did you spray the exhaust bolts with penetrating oil/pb blaster overnight? It helps a lot!

Its not a matter of it being tight I just can't reach one of the bolts I'm gonna try taking off the headers today for more wiggle room

 

Good luck, let us know how it goes!