Exhaust plate screw is stuck

Mrm4sw49r · 09-04-2022, 10:24 AM

Hi can someone please help me out
I’ve brought the AA mid pipe but I can’t install in because I can’t get the alley shape screw out of the exhaust plate underneath the car
It has 6 screws I can only get 4 of them out and the other 2 is so stuck in there
Does anyone know any way of removing them stuck screws or anything I can buy to removed them screws
Thanks

///Msports180 · 09-05-2022, 06:55 AM

Soak them in something like WD40, are you using an impact or just a socket? Sometimes an impact is the go the break free any corrosion.

MR RIZK · 09-05-2022, 07:53 AM

Has the plate ever been removed by someone else?

The bolts are only 24nm from factory so they shouldn't be that hard unless they have been cross threaded perhaps.

Sephrr · 09-05-2022, 09:03 AM

I had used a small hand impact and had a hard time breaking them free, but grabbed a long breaker bar and it did the trick. Breaker bar was about 3'

mynameisplayer · 09-07-2022, 05:28 AM

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09-04-2022, 10:24 AM	#1
Mrm4sw49r Private 2 Rep 73 Posts Drives: bmw m4 Join Date: May 2019 Location: Sydney iTrader: (0)	Exhaust plate screw is stuck Hi can someone please help me out I’ve brought the AA mid pipe but I can’t install in because I can’t get the alley shape screw out of the exhaust plate underneath the car It has 6 screws I can only get 4 of them out and the other 2 is so stuck in there Does anyone know any way of removing them stuck screws or anything I can buy to removed them screws Thanks Attached Images
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09-05-2022, 06:55 AM	#2
///Msports180 Private First Class 61 Rep 140 Posts Drives: F80 C63 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Bunbury WA iTrader: (0)	Soak them in something like WD40, are you using an impact or just a socket? Sometimes an impact is the go the break free any corrosion. __________________ - F80 YMB - W205 C63 AMG - Ford Ranger -
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MR RIZK Major 758 Rep 1,336 Posts Drives: AW M2C Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	Has the plate ever been removed by someone else? The bolts are only 24nm from factory so they shouldn't be that hard unless they have been cross threaded perhaps. __________________ Previous Rides: 13' 135i, 08' 130i, 03' HKS Turbo'd 350z, Modded GC8 WRX, NA MX5
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Sephrr Second Lieutenant 287 Rep 270 Posts Drives: 2016 M3 Join Date: Feb 2022 Location: Indianapolis iTrader: (1)	I had used a small hand impact and had a hard time breaking them free, but grabbed a long breaker bar and it did the trick. Breaker bar was about 3'
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09-07-2022, 05:28 AM	#5
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