Nice video and explanation. I'd recommend stainless nuts and bolts if you live in the rust belt like I do. My flanges have a lot less metal left than yours, you were lucky. Trying to figure out how I can avoind having to buy a new cat converter just to have decent flange. Welding will be tough because that would mess up the smooth groove the steel gasket fits within.
I’m pretty sure they are 2” long but definitely M10 (10mm thread) bolts. A 3/8” SAE bolt would probably work fine too. You might want to get 2.5” long bolts just in case because being a little long is better than being a little short.
@@Donutkommando No they are just empty holes. Regular hardware store bolts work just fine. The honda original parts shown at 10:35 have a splined stud and a shouldered nut (both of which are fine thread pitch). The studs you press in but if your exhaust looks as crusty as mine the studs might not fit snuggly and actually work worse than regular bolts.
Nice video and explanation. I'd recommend stainless nuts and bolts if you live in the rust belt like I do. My flanges have a lot less metal left than yours, you were lucky. Trying to figure out how I can avoind having to buy a new cat converter just to have decent flange. Welding will be tough because that would mess up the smooth groove the steel gasket fits within.
If you weld it completely you wouldn’t need a gasket. Its not a flex joint so it should be okay.
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What size nuts and bolts did you use to replace the rusted flange studs ?
I’m pretty sure they are 2” long but definitely M10 (10mm thread) bolts. A 3/8” SAE bolt would probably work fine too. You might want to get 2.5” long bolts just in case because being a little long is better than being a little short.
@@thehondafitguy is the flange itself threaded inside ?
@@Donutkommando No they are just empty holes. Regular hardware store bolts work just fine.
The honda original parts shown at 10:35 have a splined stud and a shouldered nut (both of which are fine thread pitch). The studs you press in but if your exhaust looks as crusty as mine the studs might not fit snuggly and actually work worse than regular bolts.