Re: Cutting A Cat Out

On May 9, 11:15=EF=BF=BDam, "HLS" <nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> If you have room to work, a hacksaw will do the job.
> a "hand held utility saw" could mean a lot of things, and some of them
> would probably be pretty tiresome.
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> "Travis Bickell" wrote in message
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> > Could =EF=BF=BDanybody tell me how difficult it would be to cut a
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> > clogged cat that's also rattling out of of a 2" exhaust system using a
> > hand-held utility saw with a metal blade, assuming there's enough room
> > to operate?
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> > And if that's not to difficult, I'd also like to know how difficult it
> > would be to tem****arily clamp a piece of pipe into the space where the
> > cat was unti I can have someone weld a new cat in.
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I'd use an exhaust pipe cutter. They are inexpensive and have 4 sharp
wheels that cut the pipe with a 90 deg. rotation.
While you're at the auto supplyb store getting this, ask them if they
have the clamp-on sleeves that are usually used to cover exhaust pipe
holes.
Engineman