'Y' Piece removal
Discussion
Yes it can. If you want to remove the Y piece completely, I recommend that you separate it from the rear pipe before you undo the clamps to the manifold. The easiest way to remove the Y piece from the rear pipe is to loosen the clamp and slide it off the joint to the adjacent bit of pipe, do it up again, this gives you something that you can lever a long screwdriver/pry bar against to push the joint apart.
Errr, sorry to be a damp squib but on my chimp there was no chance of removing the 'Y' piece with the exhaust in situ. Seem to remember there was insufficient clearance to chassis cross-members by a country mile 'though now as I'm typing this I'm wondering if it was the removable member. Whatever, I ended up dropping the exhaust which is no biggie. Have fun re-sealing! 
Teach me to read the questino properly, I thought it was about removing the Y piece without disturbing the manifolds. You'll need to move the rest of the exhaust back an inch or two to disengage it from the Y piece. You don't need to remove it completely, and you don't need to touch the manifolds.
GreenV8S said:
Teach me to read the questino properly, I thought it was about removing the Y piece without disturbing the manifolds. You'll need to move the rest of the exhaust back an inch or two to disengage it from the Y piece. You don't need to remove it completely, and you don't need to touch the manifolds.
0/10 reading 0/10 writing as well 
Must be having a bad week Peter
Dave
mgaut said:
Pupp said:
Have fun re-sealing!
please explain !!Take it you ARE removing the main cat while you have the Y section out???
andy-w said:
mgaut said:
Pupp said:
Have fun re-sealing!
please explain !!Take it you ARE removing the main cat while you have the Y section out???
you bodgers
Edited by That Daddy on Friday 29th June 09:44
spend said:
Have you got bolts or clamps for the manifold flange Mike? Bolted flanges are much easier even tho they require a gasket.
Dave
Intention is (was!) to remove and refit the CLAMPED Y Piece with minimum effort (i.e. remove exhaust if needed but leave manifolds in place).Dave
This is purely for acoustic reasons, so if it's not a runner I'll not bother.
Mike
Mike
Don't forget that there is a bolt fixing from the Y piece into the bottom of the engine block, just forward of the joint to the exhaust system! You'll never get the Y out if you haven't undone this (i know from experience!!). Are you going for the full De-Cat as i thought your Chim sounded lush at Le Mans, and did you get one of those Y sections off the Ebay for MOT time...
Don't worry about clamping up the manifold joints, Andy W just struggles with anything mechanical...
Cheers, Paul
Don't forget that there is a bolt fixing from the Y piece into the bottom of the engine block, just forward of the joint to the exhaust system! You'll never get the Y out if you haven't undone this (i know from experience!!). Are you going for the full De-Cat as i thought your Chim sounded lush at Le Mans, and did you get one of those Y sections off the Ebay for MOT time...
Don't worry about clamping up the manifold joints, Andy W just struggles with anything mechanical...
Cheers, Paul
That Daddy said:
So you do the job properly and remove the manifolds without all this forcing the Y piece lark in with ratchet straps,oh and it dont blow eitheryou bodgers
I don't find it any problem sealing the Y piece to the manifolds, but in any case I'd far rather play about with that than muck about fitting the manifolds under tension. Those manifold bolts are problematic at the best of times and sooner or later they work loose, need regular tightening, and eventually wear the block to the point that they strip the threads. I say give the manifold bolts as easy a time as possible. If you can't get the Y piece clamps to seal I'd say there's something else wrong.you bodgersThe Surveyor said:
Mike
Don't forget that there is a bolt fixing from the Y piece into the bottom of the engine block, just forward of the joint to the exhaust system! You'll never get the Y out if you haven't undone this (i know from experience!!). Are you going for the full De-Cat as i thought your Chim sounded lush at Le Mans, and did you get one of those Y sections off the Ebay for MOT time...
Don't worry about clamping up the manifold joints, Andy W just struggles with anything mechanical...
Cheers, Paul
Seems I've got a decatted Speed 6 Cerb to compete with now !!Don't forget that there is a bolt fixing from the Y piece into the bottom of the engine block, just forward of the joint to the exhaust system! You'll never get the Y out if you haven't undone this (i know from experience!!). Are you going for the full De-Cat as i thought your Chim sounded lush at Le Mans, and did you get one of those Y sections off the Ebay for MOT time...
Don't worry about clamping up the manifold joints, Andy W just struggles with anything mechanical...
Cheers, Paul
... and surely all those things you said about Andy weren't true ??
Mike
The trick is,fit the manifolds loosely then fit your Y piece clamps but just nipping up then when you have finished tightening the manifolds i then come back to the Y piece clamps knocking the clamps well onto the joint with a plastic mallet before nipping up again job done has worked for me twice,if you do the job progressively going back and forth then i can see no problems cocking it up or having to force the Y piece to manifolds joint
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